Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
23/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Portrait of Bernadette in one of the halls of a building where the sick sleep. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
25/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Pilgrims drink water from shells at the new fountains of the sanctuary. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
25/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Pilgrims drink water from shells at the new fountains of the sanctuary. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
25/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - People seated in wheelchairs. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - hospitable in white. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - Pilgrims in wheelchairs in the grotto of Lourdes. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - torchlight procession. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - torchlight procession. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrimage to Lourdes -
24/08/2018 - France / Occitanie / Lourdes - torchlight procession. Pilgrimage of Aveyronnaise Hospitality to Lourdes. Hospital workers are people present to take care of sick and / or elderly people. They thus allow them to live their faith like everyone else. Carts are available to move people quickly and easily. August 2018. Lourdes, France.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, touches the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019, as he campaigns ahead of the parliamentary polls scheduled for April 9.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, touches the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019, as he campaigns ahead of the parliamentary polls scheduled for April 9.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, shakes hands with a supporter at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019, as he campaigns ahead of the parliamentary polls scheduled for April 9.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Michael Bunel / Le Pictorium -
BENNY GANTZ campaigning in Israel -
28/03/2019 - Israel / Jerusalem / East Jerusalem - Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, visits the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on March 28, 2019.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - A Jewish believer of African descent makes a prayer at the Wailing Wall.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Jewish believers prepare to celebrate the start of the Shabbat at the Wailing Wall.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
10/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - A priest walking at night in the old city of Jerusalem

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
10/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Young Jew reading the Torah in front of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
10/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Jewish prayer in front of the Wailing Wall.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
10/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Jew reading the Torah.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Young Jew praying on the tomb of King David.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - No one lighting candles in the Dormition Abbey. It is here that the Virgin Mary could have died.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Tourist returning from the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
10/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Jews praying at the Wailing Wall.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Illustration Jerusalem -
11/05/2018 - Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem - Alley in the old city of Jerusalem.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Original Christian holy place of the cave of the Seven Sleepers -
2010 - Turkey / Izmir / Ephesus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Crypt of the Seven Sleepers in Ephesus -
2010 - Turkey / Izmir / Ephesus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Citadel of Saint John, from the 7 Dormants site, with a wishing tree -
24/12/2010 - - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Sanctuary of the 7 Sleepers in Tarsus -
2010 - Turkey / Tarsus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
The guardian and the imam of the sanctuary. The second recognizes the Christian past in the history of the Seven Sleepers. -
26/12/2010 - Turkey / Tarsus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Pilgrims in the Cave of the 7 Dormants -
2010 - Turkey / Tarsus - The site is very popular and frequented. For the pilgrims, this is the true place of the miracle.

Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
The pilgrims aim at receiving drops of water that pear from the ceiling of the cave -
2010 - - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
The pilgrims aim at receiving drops of water that pear from the ceiling of the cave -
26/12/2010 - Turkey / Tarsus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Door of the minaret of the sanctuary. Eshab i-Kehf means the "Companions of the Cave" to designate the Seven Sleepers -
26/12/2010 - Turkey / Tarsus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Bus (Dolmush) to go the sanctuary -
2010 - Turkey / Tarsus - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Rock church of Santa Barbara (Tahtali) with a fresco representing three of the Seven Sleepers -
2010 - Turkey / Cappadokia / Soğanlı - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
A Cappadocian Road, Soganli Valley -
2010 - Turkey / Cappadokia / Soğanlı - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Soganli Valley and the Church of Santa Barbara (Tahtali) -
2010 - Turkey / Soğanlı - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Church of St. Barbara with a fresco depicting three of the Seven Sleepers and the Nativity scene -
2010 - Turkey / Soğanlı - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Church of St. Barbara with a fresco depicting three of the Seven Sleepers -
27/12/2010 - Turkey / Soğanlı - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
A Cappadocian village -
27/12/2010 - Turkey / Cappadokia - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Old caravanserai of the Seven Sleepers in Afsin, on the border of Kurdistan in Turkey -
2010 - Turkey / karamanmarash / Afşin - The site formerly cohabited with a church.

Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Fountain with the Turkish names of the Seven Sleepers in an old caravanserai on the Silk Road -
2010 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Afşin - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Cave of the Seven Sleepers in Afsin -
2010 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Afşin - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
Wishing Tree in Afsin -
2010 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Afşin - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.

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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
the Seven Sleepers -
2010 - - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.



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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
the Seven Sleepers -
31/12/2010 - - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.



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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
the Seven Sleepers -
2010 - - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.



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Manoël Pénicaud / Le Pictorium -
the Seven Sleepers -
2010 - - Known in Islam as the People of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf in Arabic), the Seven Sleepers are said to have miraculously slept for several centuries in a cave in order to escape from the persecutions of the Roman Empire. Their awakening is a metaphor for the resurrection
of the body, in both Christianity and in Islam
(Qur’anic sura ‘The Cave’). The narratives
of the Seven Sleepers were widely disseminated. Numerous caves in the Mediterranean region are considered to be sacred places where this miracle occurred. This legend has sometimes given rise to joint veneration by Christians and Muslims.



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