Jerusalem: John the Baptist Church
Jerusalem. Ein Karem. The Byzantines were the first, in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D., to build a church in the birthplace of John the Baptist. That church was destroyed in the 7th century and later restored by the Crusaders. In 1579 Franciscan monks repaired the church for their annual visit on the day John the Baptist was beheaded. The present church was built towards the end of the 17th century, and the hospice and tower were added at the end of the 19th century.
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