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Sign to Capernaum.
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Entering Capernaum.
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Ruins of Capernaum synagogues.
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St. Peter's mother-in-law's house (and church built on top of it).
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Ruins of Capernaum.
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Fourth-century synagogue on top of the first-century one.
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Inside the 4th-century synagogue.
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The funnel-shaped stones and corresponding pots are flour mills.
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More ruins. Notice the mosaic of the boat.
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This was used to prepare olives for pressing.
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An olive press.
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An interesting altar at the Mount of the Beatitudes, as it is clearly one that requires the priest to face in the direction of the people, not like post-Vatican II churches.
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Mount of the Beatitudes, where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount.
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Mount of the Beatitudes.
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Mount of the Beatitudes, with Sea of Galilee in the background.
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Me at the Mount of the Beatitudes.
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Hillside on Mount of the Beatitudes.
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Another hillside on Mount of the Beatitudes.
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Some artist carving a relief.
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The Sea of Galilee.
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The distant shore is the cliff where the demons drove the pigs into the water.
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View of the Mount of the Beatitudes from the Sea of Galilee.
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Sea of Galilee, up close and personal.
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The boat we took out.
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This is a famous mosaic at Tabgha, where the multiplication of the loaves and fishes took place.
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Another mosaic at Tabgha.
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The Church of the Primacy of Peter, where Jesus appeared to Peter after his resurrection and gave him a miraculous catch of fish, and also said, “Feed my sheep.”
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Where Jesus stood to direct Peter to the miraculous catch.
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View of the Sea of Galilee much as Jesus would have seen it.
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Said to be where Jesus cooked breakfast for Peter and the disciples.
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Panorama of the Sea of Galilee from the Mount of Beatitudes.
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