What is Church of the Nativity?
{{WHSite}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Church of the Nativity | image = Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine.jpg | caption = The interior of the Church of the Nativity circa 1936, photographed by [[Lewis Larsson]] | geo = {{Coord|31|42|15.50|N|35|12|27.50|E|region:IL_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=it}} | location = [[Bethlehem]], [[West Bank]] | country = | religious_affiliation = ''Shared'': [[Greek Orthodox Church]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], and [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] with minor [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox]] and [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] rights | groundbreaking = 325 | year_completed = 565 | functional_status = Active | architecture_type = Byzantine ([[Constantine the Great]] and [[Justinian I]]) | architecture_style = [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] | designation1 = WHS | designation1_offname = Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem | designation1_date = 2012<ref>{{cite web |url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1433/ |title = Unesco, Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem |publisher = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |access-date=1 July 2012 }}</ref> | designation1_criteria = iv, vi | designation1_number = [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1433/ 1433] | designation1_type = [[Cultural Heritage]] | designation1_free1name = State Party | designation1_free1value = [[State of Palestine]] | designation1_free2name = Region | designation1_free2value = [[List of World Heritage sites in Western Asia|Western Asia]] }} {{Palestinians}} The '''Church of the Nativity''' is a [[church]] in [[Bethlehem]]. It is one of the oldest churches in the world. It is built over the cave that [[wikt:tradition|tradition]] marks as the [[Virgin birth of Jesus |birthplace]] of [[Jesus]]. It