Can anything good come from Nazareth?
Nazareth is famous for one thing, and one thing only: it is the hometown of Jesus. It was here that Jesus spent his boyhood, living with his mother and father, and here that he faced the skeptical townsfolk of Nazareth.
Nazareth was small. It would have been 2,000 feet at its greatest east-west length and around 650 feet at its greatest north-south width, though the actual area inhabited in the first century was much less, perhaps only around ten acres. Steep ravines and ancient terraces on the northern slope confined the oval-shaped settlement. The population of Nazareth in Jesus’s time was around 200 so everyone would have known everyone.
Christian sites in Nazareth
Church of the Annunciation (Basilica of the Annunciation) - Commemorates the place where the angel Gabriel visited Mary and delivered the invitation for her to bear God's Son. Mary’s Well
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation - One of two claimants to the site of the Annunciation - where angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus
Synagogue Church - According to tradition, the church is built on the ruins of the ancient Nazareth synagogue where Jesus studied, prayed, and then preached during His visit here when they attempted to throw Him off the cliff. Mt. Precipice
Nazareth Village - An open-air museum in Nazareth, Israel, that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus.