Title

Interior of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1895.

Caption

Interior of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1895. The grotto inside the church is believed by Christians to have been the birthplace of Jesus. Commissioned in 327 AD by Constantine the Great, it is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity. From "Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

Date

1895

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F11_186

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 15,6in x 11,7in / 4680 x 3512 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph landscape buildings interior religious architecture Middle East country religion belief faith church Christianity column pillar pillars location century architectural inside concept Romanesque B&W MONOCHROME publishing Bethlehem Palestine 19th century Indoors black & white black and white B W nineteenth century West Bank The Print Collector birthplace Church of the Nativity oldest TGN photograph landscape Unknown George George Newnes Newnes George Newnes Ltd George Newnes Ltd