Nazareth

==Religious sites==

===Christian===
[[File:Church in Nazareth, built on supposed site of Joseph's workshop, 1891.jpg|thumb|Church in Nazareth on the supposed site of Joseph's workshop, 1891]]
[[File:Nazaret Gabrielskirche BW 8.JPG|thumb|[[Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation]]]]
[[File:Christmas in The City of Nazareth.jpg|thumb|Christmas Eve In Nazareth]]
Nazareth is home to dozens of monasteries and churches, many of them in the Old City.<ref name=Ringp539>{{cite book|title=International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa|editor1=Trudy Ring|editor2=Robert M. Salkin|editor3=Sharon La Boda|edition=Illustrated, annotated|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1996|isbn=9781884964039|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2aOpeBnbxvsC&q=nasira+nazareth&pg=PA541|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=28 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528163557/https://books.google.com/books?id=2aOpeBnbxvsC&q=nasira+nazareth&pg=PA541|url-status=live}}</ref>

*Churches
** The [[Basilica of the Annunciation|Church of the Annunciation]] is the largest Catholic church in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slife.org/roman-curia/ |title=Roman Curia |date=24 October 2020 |publisher=The Spiritual Life |access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> In [[Roman Catholic]] tradition, it marks the site where the Archangel [[Gabriel]] announced the future birth of Jesus to Mary<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|1:26–31}}</ref>
** The [[Church of St. Gabriel]] is an alternative [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] site for the Annunciation
** The [[Greek Catholic Church of Nazareth]] is a Byzantine Rite Catholic church ([[Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic Melkite Church]])
** The [[Synagogue Church]] is a [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] at the traditional site of the synagogue where Jesus preached<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|4}}</ref>
** The [[St. Joseph's Church, Nazareth|St. Joseph's Church]] (Roman Catholic) marks the traditional location for the workshop of [[Saint Joseph]]
** The [[Mensa Christi Church]], run by the [[Franciscan]] religious order, commemorates the traditional location where Jesus dined with the Apostles
** The [[Basilica of Jesus the Adolescent]], run by the [[Salesians of Don Bosco|Salesian]] religious order, at the top of the hill overlooking the city from the north
** The [[Christ Church, Nazareth|Church of Christ]] is an Anglican church in Nazareth
** The Church of Our Lady of the Fright (Roman Catholic) marks the spot where Mary is said to have seen Jesus being taken to a cliff by the congregation of the synagogue
* The [[Jesus Trail]] pilgrimage route connects many of the religious sites in Nazareth on a {{convert|60|km|0|abbr=on}} walking trail which ends in Capernaum
* International Marian Evangelization Center "Mary of Nazareth" (see here:<ref>International Marian Evangelization Center "Mary of Nazareth" [www.mariedenazareth.com/en  homepage]. Accessed 30 August 2018</ref>), containing among other things the only archaeologically excavated house from first-century AD Nazareth

===Muslim===
Muslim holy sites include
* The Shrine of al-Sheikh Amer
* The Shrine of "to the Prophet we go" ([[Makam al-Nabi Sain Mosque|Makam Ela-Nabi Sa'in Mosque]])
* The Shrine of Shihab ad-Din.

Muslim places of worship include
* The [[White Mosque (Nazareth)|White Mosque]] (Masjid al-Abiad), the oldest mosque in Nazareth, located in ''Harat Alghama'' ("Mosque Quarter") in the center of the Old Market.<ref>Emmett 1995b, pp. 136–138</ref><ref name=Nazareth>{{cite web|title=Nazareth: The Mosque Quarter|publisher=Discover Israel|access-date=1 December 2007|url=http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/nazareth.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213617/http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/nazareth.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Peace Mosque (Masjid al-Salam).