St. Peter's Church in Kafarnaum was one of the oldest domus ecclesiae. It is considered "the first church in the world" and believed it could be the place where the house of the Apostle Peter was as it was built ioriginallny the first half of a first century . In the 5th centuryit was an octagonal church.
Surroundings:
Location:
- Israel, Amnun
- geo:32.880436,35.575279
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- 25~ / unknown
Class:
- Temple or sanctuary
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=21379
Annotations
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