Sea of Galilee: Church of the Multiplication - Olive Press
Tabgha. Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes. An ancient olive press in the yard of the new church, dedicated in 1982. The new basilica is modeled on the style of the original Byzantine basilica, which was built in the 4th century and restored in the 5th C. After its destruction by the Persians in 614 it remained desolate until 1932, when archeologists discovered some of its walls and the impressive mosaics that had, amazingly, remained intact.
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