Our Lady Star of the Sea (Cape May, NJ)
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Our Lady Star of the Sea (Cape May, NJ)

The beautiful structure that is now Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church had its humble beginnings in a small wooden building located directly across the street from where it currently stands. Saint Mary's Church, as it was then known, was built in 1848.

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Basilica of the Annunciation (Nazareth)
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Basilica of the Annunciation (Nazareth)

The current church is a two-story building constructed in 1969 over the site of an earlier Byzantine-era and then Crusader-era church. Inside, the lower level contains the Grotto of the Annunciation, believed by many Christians to be the remains of the original childhood home of Mary.

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Church of the Multiplication (Tabgha)
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Church of the Multiplication (Tabgha)

One of the main highlights of the church are its restored 5th-century mosaics. These are the earliest known examples of figurative floor mosaics in Christian art in the Holy Land. The mosaics in the two transepts depict various wetland birds and plants, with a prominent place given to the lotus flower. 

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