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È conosciuto come “Betany beyond the Jordan” il luogo lungo il fiume Giordano where Jesus had been baptized by John the Baptist. Today is the territory of Jordan and is experiencing a boom of pilgrims, as Sir agency says the director of the Commission by the archaeological site: already 17,736 in the first two months of 2010, compared to 12,692 the same period in 2009. 56% are Europeans, especially Italians, Germans, French and English, then North Americans and South Asians, Arabs and Jordanians themselves. In particular, then, in the days around the Epiphany, the Christian faithful who have reached Betany were 25 thousand. "The visit of Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that Jordan is the Holy Land and has shown that the Bible is the best way to know Jordan - said to Sir the Director General of Jordan Tourism Board, Nayef H. at the Fayez - Jordan in holy places are recounted in the Old and New Testament. The Jordanian government is at the forefront in the care of these places. " (RB)
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