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Mary’s Well

玛利亚井或者被称为“圣母玛利亚之泉”被誉为位于报喜信事件发生的地点，就是天使加百列向玛利亚显现并宣告她将从圣灵感孕生下上帝之子的地方。

所发现的遗迹就在现代拿撒勒城的希腊东正教报喜堂的下方，这个井位于一地下泉水上方，数个世纪来，这里都是阿拉伯村庄所使用的汲水处。

这口井曾分别在1967年和2000年得到修缮，目前的结构只是在外表上还原了曾经使用时的样子，仅是作为一个象征标志。

最早印证这口井或泉水所在位置就是报喜信所发生地点的记载写在一本非规范的福音书《原始雅各福音》上，其历史可追溯到公元2世纪。

作者写道：

“她拿着大水罐正要往井那里去打水，看哪，有个声音说：‘万福玛利亚，恩典充满全地，你在众妇人中是有福的’。”

然而，路加福音在记述报喜信这一事件时并没有提到打水这个细节。同样的，古兰经记载有一个灵造访了童贞女玛利亚并告诉她神已应许她将要生一个儿子，记载中并没有提到当时玛利亚在打水。

希腊东正教报喜堂所在山丘的位置就在离现今玛利亚井不远的地方，这是一座建成于公元3世纪春天的拜占庭式教堂，教堂被建在这里是因为这个地点被认为就是报喜信事件发生的地方。

天主教教会认为报喜信事件发生地就在离报喜堂不超过0.5公里的地方，该地点目前为一幢现代建筑，建筑内部有一座更老的建于公元4世纪的教堂。

Mary’s Well or "The spring of the Virgin Mary") is reputed to be located at the site where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear the Son of God - an event known as the Annunciation.

Found just below the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in modern-day Nazareth, the well was positioned over an underground spring that served for centuries as a local watering hole for the Arab villagers.

Renovated twice, once in 1967 and once in 2000, the current structure is a symbolic representation of the structure that was once in use.

The earliest written account that lends credence to a well or spring being the site of the Annunciation comes from the Protoevangelium of James, a non-canonical gospel dating to the 2nd century.

The author writes:

"And she took the pitcher and went forth to draw water, and behold, a voice said: 'Hail Mary, full of grace, you are blessed among women."

However, the Gospel of Luke does not mention the drawing of water in its account of the Annunciation. Similarly, the Koran records a spirit visiting a chaste Mary to inform her that the Lord has granted her a son to bear, without referencing the drawing of water.

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, located a little further up the hill from the current site of Mary's Well, is a Byzantineera church built over the spring in the 3rd century, based on the belief that the Annunciation took place at the site.

The Catholic Church believes the Annuciation to have take place less than 0.5 km away at the Basilica of the Annunciation, a now modern structure which houses an older church inside of it that dates from the 4th century.