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Rawan Ghneim : “It is good to have a connection with the places in your city so you recognize and know your past.”
In February 2020, a project entirely consecrated to the Palestinian youth of East Jerusalem was launched by Pro Terra Santa (Pro TS) in cooperation with the Terra Sancta Museum and thanks to the ...
The building site of the Terra Sancta Museum : Georgian and Crusader remains under the Franciscan church
As the work on the new historical section of the Terra Sancta Museum continues, the architects responsible for the site were very surprised to discover, under the present-day Franciscan church, a ...
The museums of the Franciscans in Jerusalem, 120 years at the service of Christian history in the Holy Land
This year the Terra Sancta Museum celebrates its ten years of existence. However, this project, started by the Custos Emeritus Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa in 2012, does not mark the start of ...
Lorraine Abu Azizeh : when architecture and restoration are combined in the Middle East
The Terra Sancta Museum is proud to include in its teams several international experts who have been working for more than five years on it. They include Lorraine Abu Azizeh, a French architect who ...
“We will be part of this museum”: a museum built hand in hand with the Palestinians
In the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week, the studious atmosphere can be felt by anyone entering the Technical Department of the Custody of the Holy Land. Sitting at a desk, two ...
The history of the Catholic parish of Bethlehem at the heart of the Terra Sancta Museum
You all know Bethlehem, the Nativity, its grotto and its star, where you have perhaps been able pray while on a pilgrimage in the Holy Land. But did you know that in the shadow of this shrine there ...
