Bethlehem: The Holy City

Curch of Nativity

The Hebrew Bible identifies Beit Lehem as the city David  (holyland) was from and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. The New Testament Gospels of Matthew and Luke identify Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth. The town is inhabited by one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, though the size of the community has shrunk due to emigration.

Church of Nativity inside (Holy Land)

Silver Star (Betlehem Star): marking the place where Jesus was born according to Christian tradition. Two accounts in the New Testament describe Jesus as born in Bethlehem, Holyland. According to the Gospel of Luke,[15] Jesus' parents lived in Nazareth but traveled to Bethlehem for the census of AD 6, and Jesus was born there before the family returned to Nazareth, holyland.The Gospel of Matthew account implies that the family already lived in Bethlehem when Jesus was born, and later moved to Nazareth.[19][20] Matthew reports that Herod the Great, told that a 'King of the Jews' has been born in Bethlehem, ordered the killing of all the children aged two and under in the town and surrounding areas.

Bethlehem (Arabic: بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ‎, About this sound Bayt Laḥm (help·info), lit "House of Meat"; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם‎, Beth Leḥem or Modern Hebrew Beyt Leḥem, lit "House of Bread;" Greek: Βηθλεέμ Bethleém) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, approximately 8 kilometers (5 mi) south of Jerusalem, holyland with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governoorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem]

The original houses model in Bethlehem (holyland), they lived inside of the carve around the mountains.

 Hotel Bethlehem, The City of Bethlehem

Map of Bethlehem (Holy City | Holy Land):