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Bethlehem Star Olive Wood Factory

Jerusalem · Israel

Olive-wood nativity sets and religious carvings

What you’ll find

What Bethlehem Star Olive Wood Factory is known for

Bethlehem Star carves nativity sets, crosses, and rosaries from local olive wood, continuing a trade that traces to the 14th-century Franciscan-run carving school that formalized the craft for Christian pilgrims. Pieces are rough-shaped by machine and then finished entirely by hand in the workshop.

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