Church of the Annunciation - Exterior

The entrance gateway of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth leads into a courtyard with colonnades along the west and south sides. The west front of the church has ornamental friezes and a large relief of the Annunciation. The three bronze doors were the work of Roland Friederichsen of Munich. On the central door, top left, is the Nativity of Christ; bottom left the Flight into Egypt and Jesus as a boy; top right the Sermon on the Mount and the Crucifixion; bottom left the Baptism of Christ.

On the south doorway are scenes from the life of the Virgin by the American sculptor Frederick Shrady.