2-709-097 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Interior of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1895. The grotto inside the church is believed by Christians to have been the birthplace of Jesus. Commissioned in 327 AD by Constantine the Great, it is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity. From "Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]