Tierra Santa

"La Tierra Santa es el territorio geográfico que comprende todos los sitios en los cuales se desarrollaron escenas bíblicas tanto en el Antiguo como en el Nuevo Testamento. El concepto tiene una evolución evidenciada en las mismas Escrituras. Para algunas fuentes bíblicas se circunscribe a la Tierra Prometida, término que tiene a su vez diversas interpretaciones; para otros se refiere a todos los territorios en los cuales se desarrollaron algunas escenas bíblicas."

"The Holy Land (Hebrew: Eretz HaKodesh, Latin: Terra Sancta; Arabic: Al-Ar Al-Muqaddasah) is an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also includes the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River. Historically, it is synonymous with both the Land of Israel and Palestine, and the Lebanese Republic, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Part of the significance of the land stems from the religious significance of Jerusalem, the holiest city to Judaism, the historical region of Jesus' ministry, and the Isra and Mi'raj event in Islam and Mount Nebo, where Moses presumably died. The perceived holiness of the land to Christianity was part of the motivation for the Crusades, as European Christians sought to win the Holy Land back from the Muslim Seljuk Turks. The Turks had taken over the Holy Land after defeating the Muslim Arabs, who had in turn conquered the area from the Christian Byzantine Empire. Many sites in the Holy Land have long been pilgrimage destinations for adherents of the Abrahamic religions, including Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Bahá'ís. Pilgrims visit the Holy Land to touch and see physical manifestations of their faith, confirm their beliefs in the holy context with collective excitation, and connect personally to the Holy Land."