Cultural site
Sanctuary of Greccio
Italy
About
A Franciscan hermitage set against the rock, nicknamed the Franciscan Bethlehem because in 1223 Saint Francis invented the nativity scene here. It is the oldest of the four sanctuaries of the Holy Valley of Rieti.
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