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Where was Mary living when the angel Gabriel appeared to her?
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Madonna and Child, oil and tempera on panel by Antonello da Messina, 1475; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
When the angel Gabriel appeared to her to announce that she would conceive a son, Mary was living in the town of Nazareth, located in the region of Galilee.12
According to the Gospel According to Luke, Mary was a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph at the time of this visit. The traditional location of this event is identified as the Grotto of the Annunciation, which is situated within the Church of the Annunciation in modern-day Nazareth.123