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First inventory of Franciscan monasteries in Jaffa discovers new sacred objects
From the 5th to the 9th of November, two students from the Ecole du Louvre and an Italian researcher in goldsmithing travelled to Jaffa to make an inventory of the sacred objects held in the ...
Terra Sancta Museum, work begins at St. Savior’s Monastery
The Scientific Committee of the Terra Sancta Museum gathered at the St. Savior’s Monastery in Jerusalem, from Sunday, September 23, to Wednesday September 26, for the third meeting dedicated to the ...
A photographic exhibit on the daily life of the friars of the Custody
The daily life of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land is recounted by the shots taken by Thomas Coex, a photographer for Agence France Presse. From June 11 until the end of October, ...
The Chasuble of the “Immacolata”, an exclusive preview from the first book of the “Catalogues of the Terra Sancta Museum”
On the occasion of the Marian Month, we offer the description of a precious vestment from the 17th century as a preview of the first volume of the new book series dedicated to the Terra Sancta ...
The SBF Archeological collections for the Terra Sancta Museum: new findings and works for the archeological section
Whoever enters the Convent of the Flagellation today will notice a new name on some doors: SBF Archaelogical Collections. This will be the name of the new section of the Terra Sancta Museum which, ...
Resumption of work for the Historic section of the Terra Sancta Museum: study of spaces and scenographic project.
A new stage of work has just been completed for the Historic section of the Terra Sancta Museum at the Saint Saviour Convent in Jerusalem. "The primary objective of these new meetings was to check ...
Tonino Maurizi's Christmas. 110 paintings on show in Jerusalem.
The exhibition “A thousand times Christmas” will take place at the Sala Curiale of St Savior Monastery, Jerusalem from December 7th 2017 to February 2nd 2018. 110 paintings created by the ...
Two “new” herodian capitals discovered at Terra Sancta Museum.
During the restoration of artifacts for the new setting of Terra Sancta Archeological Museum, two capitals, not yet dating, have been dated almost certainly to the Herodian period. Even if they come ...
Ended the project: “Learning from close up-guided visits to historical and religious sites”. The students of the Jerusalem schools at the Terra Sancta Museum
The project “Learning from close up- guided visits to historical and religious sites” wanted and financed by ATS pro Terra Sancta and the Mosaic Centre Jericho مركز الفسيفساء ...
“The faces of Palmira” of the Terra Sancta Museum travelling toward Aquileia: An exhibition about the dialogue between cultures.”
The Terra Sancta Museum, among the precious archeological findings that the Franciscans preserve in their great collection, which is the result of many excavations and many acquisitions, preserved ...
The Italian General Consul privately visits the Terra Sancta Museum
It’s been many years since the Italian General Consulate cooperates with the local institutions in order to safeguard and to promote the cultural heritage of the Holy Land, which could also work as ...
The masterpieces of Venetian textile in the Holy Land: “for the glory of God”
It is known that the regalia represent one of the most precious goods of the ecclesiastic art. Since the beginning, both the Occidental and Oriental Church liturgies aim to put light on the ...
