Bethlehem (inhabited place)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Bethlehem, with the church of the Nativity, 1857
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/9
Scope and Contents
226 x 156 mm. A view looking up the hillside towards the church built by the Empress Helena on the supposed site of the nativity, with terraced fields and the low square houses of Bethlehem at the right of the print. Frith considers Bethlehem and its situation 'truly picturesque and beautiful. It is one of the few places in Palestine which will not disappoint the imaginative traveller.'
Dates:
1857
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