Tabgha
- The exterior of the Church of the Loaves and the Fishes. Built on the site of a 4th
century Byzantine church. The ancient church, already damaged by earthquakes in the sixth
century, was completely destroyed a century later. What makes this church one of the
sights most frequently visited by tourists is the splendid mosaic decoration. The most
praised and best known mosaic is certainly the one which depicts symbolically the miracle
after which the church is named: it shows a basket full of loaves between two fishes. |