Qho ngonyaka, amawakawaka abantu ahamba kwaSirayeli nasePalestine ukuya kubuyisa amanyathelo kaYesu. INazarete, iYerusalem, kunye noLwandle lwaseGalili zonke iindawo eziqhelekileyo, kodwa abazinikeleyo kwisiko lamaKristu bakholelwa ukuba konke kwaqala eBhetelehem-apho uYesu wayecingelwa ukuba uzalelwa khona.
Ukuzalwa kwathiwa kwenzeka emqolombeni, kwaye ngo-339 CE iCawa yokuzalwa kukaYesu yakhiwa phezu kwayo. Icawa yakhiwa ngokutsha emva komlilo ngenkulungwane ye-6, kodwa isakhiwo sokuqala somgangatho we-mosaic esezantsi uhlala. Nangona kunjalo, Imithombo yeendaba edibeneyo Iingxelo zokuba isakhiwo samandulo sasinophahla oluvuzayo, iifestile ezaphukileyo, iikholamu ezonakeleyo kunye nemifanekiso egudileyo.
Icawa yoKuzalwa kukaYesu eBhetelehem Ityala: Imifanekiso kaGetty
NgoLwesibini, iminyaka esixhenxe emva kweCawe yoKuzalwa kukaYesu - ekwaLuhlu lweLifa leMveli leHlabathi- yabhalwa kuLuhlu lweLifa leMveli leNgozi, IKomiti yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO yayisusa ukusuka kuluhlu olusemngciphekweni ngenxa yomgangatho ophezulu womsebenzi owenziwa kwiCawa yokuzalwa kukaYesu.
Ukulungiswa kwaqaliswa liGunya lasePalestine ngo-2012 emva kokuba isiza songezwa kuluhlu olusemngciphekweni. Igunya elimiselwe lungisa kwaye ubuyisele uphahla, iingcango, ii-facade zangaphandle, kunye nezinto ezibonakalayo, kwaye njengenxalenye yeprojekthi yokubuyisela, isiza sikwamkele isicwangciso sokuqinisekisa ngolondolozo lwexesha elizayo.