Title

St Anne's Church, Jerusalem, Israel.

Caption

St Anne's Church, Jerusalem, Israel. Situated in the Muslim quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, St Anne's Church is built on the site of a grotto that the Crusaders believed was the birthplace of Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1138 by Arda, the widow of Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem. The church fell into ruin after Jerusalem was retaken by the Muslims, but was restored by the French after it was given to Napoleon III in 1856 by the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Abdulmecid I in gratitude for France's support in the Crimean War.

Date

1996

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp

Reference

HRM19D82_374

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,0in x 11,4in / 5109 x 3431 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings religious architecture plants religion church palm trees color colour Jerusalem Israel ruins medieval ruin Christian Christianity Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic outside ruined mediaeval Middle Ages Roman Catholicism trees VIVIENNE SHARP 12th century St Anne's Church TGN photograph Vivienne Sharp crusader church Sharp Vivienne VS VSP photograph