The church was built in 1886 by Tsar Alexander III to honor his mother, Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.
Here is a virtual tour of the church’s inside.
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Dead sea is 34.2% salt and rest water - which is about 9.6 times more salty than ocean water - making it denser than our Human body helping us float without any effort. Also, the surface is 427 meters below sea level making it the lowest known place on Earth. The Dead Sea gets its name due to the absence of any life forms in its water.
Masada is an ancient fortress ruin located atop a barren rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada is historically important to Jews and one of the most popular tourist destinations of Israel. It was at Masada where one of the last known Jewish resistance came to an end during the First Jewish-Roman war.
Acre (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkko; Arabic: عكّا) is a city in the northern coastal plain region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the world.