Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Capernaum


The central entrance of the Capernaum synagogue


A limestone Corinthian column inside the synagogue


Roman-Byzantine period dwellings 
made of the local basalt stone


Domestic architecture in the village


Remains of a Byzantine church situated 
on top of a Roman period domus ecclesia 
commemorating the traditional house of St. Peter


A seven-branched candelabrum made of basalt