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Nazareth and Cana of Galilee
NazarethNazareth is a Lower Galilee city which is one of the most important Christian holy places in the world. The centre of Christian pilgrimage, the impressive Basilica of the Annunciation, was built in 1960's in the Old City of Nazareth (the historical part of today's relatively small, mostly Arab city). The design of this large church, the most recent in a row of churches erected over the Grotto of the Annunciation since the 4th century A.D., is very remarkable. The basilica incorporates remains of a church built by Crusaders.
A few more important churches are located inside and outside the Old
City of Nazareth, some contain remains from the time of Jesus. The city
spreads over the beautiful hills of Galilee, is near a modern town of
Upper Nazareth and not far from the Lake
Kinneret.
Cana of GalileeA small Arab town of Kafr Cana, north of Nazareth, is considered to be the site of the First Miracle, where Jesus changed water to wine. The churches of Cana are on the pedestrian 'Churches Street', which begins and ends on the main highway going through Cana.
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