Ancient Fountain of the Virgin, Nazareth, Palestine
Description:
You are looking nearly northeast across this square. Jerusalem is between seventy and eighty miles away at the south (behind you and your right); Tiberias and the Galilee shores are only about fifteen miles away over beyond those hills that you see above the larger building. "Notice the recess arched over; that is the fountain from which the people of Nazareth have obtained water for centuries unknown. The source of the supply is a spring which bubbles up under the floor of a church at some distance up the hill. The arch may be modern, but the fountain is very ancient. It receives its name from the Mother of our Lord, who may have journeyed to this spring daily for water, just as you will still see women coming with water jars poised on head or shoulder, morning and evening. From Travelling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.D., with special, keyed maps, locating 100 interesting observation standpoints, and identifying all the local landmarks; published by Underwood & Underwood.
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Copyright information on item: Copyright 1900 by Underwood and Underwood
Number on item: 5
Image caption: Ancient "Fountain of the Virgin" - where Mary came for water - Nazareth, Palestine