Basilica of the Annunciation (Nazareth, Israel)

LC control no.	n 85142703
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Basilica of the Annunciation (Nazareth, Israel) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Nazareth (Israel). Basilica of the Annunciation Church of the Annunciation (Nazareth, Israel) Sanctuary of the Annunciation (Nazareth, Israel)
Found in	Folda, J. The Nazareth capitals and the Crusader Shrine of the Annunciation, 1986: CIP introd. (crusader Church of the Annunciation, built in Nazareth in 12th C.; excavations on site of new pilgrimage Church of the Annunciation) Phone call to author, 1-3-86 (Church of the Annunciation built ca. 1969 on ruins of earlier churches; crusader church is descriptive to distinguish from modern church) Nazareth today, 1969: t.p. (basilica of the Annunciation) p. 35 (consecration of the new Basilica of the Annunciation on Mar. 23, 1969) New Catholic encyc., under Nazareth (Sanctuary of the Annunciation; excavation in preparation for a new basilica over the spot where the Annunciation took place showed that under the church built by the Franciscans in 1730 was a church built by the Crusaders; earlier than that there was a 5th cent. church that had been preceded by a Christian structure from as early as 200 A.D.)