Ireland, County Roscommon, Roscommon town, The Roman Catholic Sacred Heart Church with a sunken grotto in the foreground.

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The lower level of the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation contains the cave called the Holy Grotto traditionally believed to be the home of Mary in Nazareth before her m...

Palestine, Bethlehem, Original gold mosaics once covered the walls of in the nave of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank. The original basilica was built in 339 A.D. over...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The neo-Gothic style Church of Saint Catherine is adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and is administrated by the Roman Catholic Church. It is built over the grot...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The neo-Gothic style Church of Saint Catherine is adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and is administrated by the Roman Catholic Church. It is built over the grot...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The tomb of Saint Jerome in the Cave of Saint Jerome under the Church of Saint Catherine adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Behlehem. This series of caves connects to the...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The Chapel of the Innocents under the Church of Saint Catherine adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Behlehem. This series of caves connects to the Grotto of the Nativity un...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The Chapel of St. Jerome under the Church of Saint Catherine adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Behlehem. This series of caves connects to the Grotto of the Nativity under...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The neo-Gothic style Church of Saint Catherine is adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and is administrated by the Roman Catholic Church. It is built over the grot...

Palestine, Bethlehem, An altar in one of the caves near the Chapel of the Shepard's Field traditionally purported to have been used by the shepards when the angels announced the birth of the baby Jesu...

Palestine, Bethlehem, Corinthian columns in the nave of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank. The original basilica was built in 339 A.D. over the Nativity Grotto which is...

Palestine, Bethlehem, Pilgrims in the nave of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank. The original basilica was built in 339 A.D. over the Nativity Grotto which is the tradi...