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After years of painstaking cleaning, not to mention adding a whole new roof, the church of the Nativity.\u00a0 There has been a nice exhibit showing the results at the MOTB.\u00a0 And here are some shots.<\/p>\n

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The original floor has been protected under boards for centuries, but it too got refurbished\u2026.<\/p>\n

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The columns and the wall frescos had been covered with the soot of centuries of burning lamps and candles in ages before electricity.<\/p>\n

Here are some images now bright and shiny\u2026.<\/p>\n

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After years of painstaking cleaning, not to mention adding a whole new roof, the church of the Nativity.\u00a0 There has been a nice exhibit showing the results at the MOTB.\u00a0 And here are some shots. 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