🏛️ Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem

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The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. The grotto is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity, and the basilica is the oldest major church in the Holy Land.

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Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem is a cultural World Heritage site in State of Palestine, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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