Crusader Church, Abu Ghosh

Also known as Church of the Resurrection, Hospitaller Church of Abu Ghosh, Kiryat Ye'arim Church

The Crusader church at Abu Ghosh was built around 1141 by the Knights Hospitaller over a natural spring, which feeds a cistern in the crypt. The village was identified in the twelfth century with the biblical Emmaus, the place where the risen Christ appeared to two disciples. The church preserves remarkable twelfth-century frescoes in the apse and crypt, making it one of the most important surviving examples of Crusader religious art. It is now maintained by French Benedictine monks and is open to the public.

Coordinates: 31.8098°, 35.1065°

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