Our last visit in Galilee was to the Magdala Project - a site accidentally discovered by Rev. Juan M. Solana, it was the spiritual equivalent of striking oil. When he set out to develop a resort for Christian pilgrims in Galilee, he unearthed a holy site: the presumed hometown of Mary Magdalene and an ancient synagogue where experts say Jesus may well have taught. The project was blessed by Pope Francis when he visited the Holy Land. What is so incredible about this is they discovered the original synagogue. Almost all other holy sites are built on and layered over by the Byzantines and Crusaders. However, due to problems with landslides it was never built on so the original was in tact with some remnants of frescoes and mosaics.
Above the synagogue is a church funded by the Legionnaires. The altar is a boat and the walls in the atrium devoted to women of the church are painted with colors that were chemically matched with the frescoes discovered.
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