Nazareth Village

Nazareth Village
House in Nazareth Village
Location within Israel
Established 2000
Location Nazareth, Israel
Coordinates 32°42′0.29″N 35°17′29.82″E / 32.7000806°N 35.2916167°E / 32.7000806; 35.2916167Coordinates: 32°42′0.29″N 35°17′29.82″E / 32.7000806°N 35.2916167°E / 32.7000806; 35.2916167
Type Open-air museum
Founder Nakhle Bishara
Website www.nazarethvillage.com

Nazareth Village is an open-air museum in Nazareth, Israel, that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus.[1]

The village features houses, terraced fields, wine and olive presses all built to resemble those that would have been in a Galilee village in the 1st century. Muslim and Christian living history enactors dress in period costume and show visitors how farm, domestic, and craft work was performed two thousand years ago.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Excavation and Research at the Nazareth Village Farm
  2. ↑ Frenkel, Sheera (May 9, 2009). "Nazareth Village built to meet demands of Christian tourists". The Times.
  3. ↑ McKinley, Michael; Gibson, David (December 21, 2006). "Nazarenes live and act as Jesus did". CNN.
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