Tiberias Morning

Tiberias to the Mount of Beatitudes

Blue Banana Trees, no the blue bags are not bananas, just a bag covering the bananas to protect them from insects and birds

Olive Trees in foreground

Mount of Beatitudes

The Church of Beatitudes

The mountain is topped by a Catholic chapel built in 1939 by the Franciscan Sisters with the support of the Italian ruler Mussolini.  The building which was

constructed by the noted architect Antonio Barluzzi is full of numerical symbolism.  In front of the church, the symbols on the pavement represent Justice,

Prudence, Fortitude, Charity, Faith and Temperance. Inside the church hangs the cloak from Pope Paul VI's visit in 1964.