Palestine, West Bank - The Judean wilderness between the Dead Sea and Jerusalem (9475)

Postcard Palestine, West Bank - The Judean wilderness between the Dead Sea and Jerusalem

 

Palestine, West Bank - Church of Nativity, Bethlehem (584)

Postcard Palestine, West Bank - Church of Nativity, Bethlehem

 

Palestine, West Bank - Sheperds field, Bethlehem (555)

Postcard Palestine, West Bank - Sheperds field, Bethlehem

 

Palestine, West Bank - Qumran Caves (8875)

Postcard Palestine, West Bank - Qumran Caves

 

Palestine - Ibrahim Mosque, Hebron (557)

Postcard Palestine - Ibrahim Mosque, Hebron

 

Palestine - The Star of Bethlehem, Grotto of the Nativity, Church of Nativity (567)

Postcard Palestine - The Star of Bethlehem, Grotto of the Nativity, Church of Nativity

This is a UNESCO World heritage site

 

Palestine - Grotto of the Nativity, Church of Nativity, Bethlehem (588)

Postcard Palestine - Grotto of the Nativity, Church of Nativity, Bethlehem

This is a UNESCO World heritage site

 

Palestine, West Bank - The Excavations, Qumran (4304)

Postcard Palestine, West Bank - The Excavations, Qumran

 

Palestine, West Bank - Plain of Jericho looking towards Jordan River

Postcard Palestine, West Bank - Plain of Jericho looking towards Jordan River

Palestine - West Bank - Elisha's Fountain

Postcard Elisha's Fountain, Jericho. 

Palestine - West Bank - The Grotto of the Nativity

Postcard The Grotto of the Nativity
The Grotto of the Nativity, the place where Jesus is said to have been born, is an underground space which forms the crypt of the Church of the Nativity.
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Palestine - West Bank - Bethlehem

Postcard Bethlehem.

Bethlehem is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, Palestine, about 10 km (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. The economy is primarily tourist-driven.

Palestine - West Bank - The Church of the Nativity

Postcard The Church of the Nativity
The Church of the Nativity, also Basilica of the Nativity is a basilica located in Bethlehem in the West Bank. The grotto it contains holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. The grotto is the oldest site continuously worshipped in Christianity, and the basilica is the oldest major church in the Holy Land.The Church of the Nativity is a World Heritage Site and was the first to be listed under Palestine by UNESCO. The site is also on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger.

Palestine - West Bank - Tomb of Lazarus.

Postcard Tomb of Lazarus.

The Tomb of Lazarus is a traditional spot of pilgrimage located in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya, traditionally identified as the biblical village of Bethany, on the southeast slope of the Mount of Olives, some 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east of Jerusalem. The tomb is the purported site of a miracle recorded in the Gospel of John in which Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.

Palestine - West Bank - Rachel's Tomb

Postcard Rachel's Tomb.

Rachel's Tomb is the site revered as the burial place of the matriarch Rachel. The tomb has been considered holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims for 2000 years. Since the mid-1990s, Palestinians have referred to the site as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque.