Church of the Nativity

E48132

Christian basilica World Heritage Site basilica church building pilgrimage site

The Church of the Nativity is a major Christian basilica in Bethlehem built over the traditional site of Jesus Christ’s birthplace and one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grotto of the Nativity	2
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian basilica ⓘ World Heritage Site ⓘ basilica ⓘ church building ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Byzantine ⓘ Early Christian ⓘ
associatedWith	Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth ⓘ
constructionEnd	circa 339 ⓘ
constructionStart	circa 327 ⓘ
country	State of Palestine ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Nativity of Christ ⓘ surface form: Nativity of Jesus
denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
floorPlan	basilica plan ⓘ
foundedBy	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great Helena ⓘ
governedBy	Status Quo of the Holy Places ⓘ surface form: Status Quo of Holy Places
hasPart	Armenian monastery ⓘ Franciscan monastery ⓘ Greek Orthodox monastery ⓘ Church of the Nativity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grotto of the Nativity Manger Square ⓘ surface form: Manger Square (forecourt area) Roman-period floor ⓘ apse ⓘ mosaics ⓘ nave ⓘ silver star marking traditional birthplace of Jesus ⓘ transept ⓘ triple-apsed east end ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Byzantine Rite ⓘ Latin Rite ⓘ
locatedIn	Bethlehem ⓘ Palestine ⓘ West Bank ⓘ
mainEntrance	Door of Humility ⓘ
near	Jerusalem ⓘ
notableEvent	site of multiple restoration campaigns ⓘ visited by Crusaders ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Justinian I ⓘ
rebuiltIn	6th century ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roofMaterial	timber ⓘ
sharesCustodyWith	Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
significance	major Christian pilgrimage destination ⓘ one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction in Bethlehem ⓘ
traditionalSiteOf	birthplace of Jesus Christ ⓘ
underwentRestoration	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOendangeredListingYear	2012 ⓘ
UNESCOendangeredRemovalYear	2019 ⓘ
UNESCOendangeredStatus	formerly on List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
UNESCOinscriptionYear	2012 ⓘ
UNESCOregion	Arab world ⓘ surface form: Arab States
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1433 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manger Square → adjacentTo → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → centralShrine → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

Saint Helena of Constantinople → commissioned → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Bethlehem → famousFor → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

Bethlehem → hasLandmark → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

Church of the Nativity → hasPart → Church of the Nativity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grotto of the Nativity

Bethlehem Governorate → hasSignificantSite → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

Manger Square → near → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grotto of the Nativity

Milk Grotto → near → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → near → Church of the Nativity ⓘ

subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field