Pieta _ Würzburg, Germany
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N 49° 47.624 E 009° 55.924
32U E 567083 N 5516114
Modern interpretation of Mary cradling the body of Christ.
Waymark Code: WMHDWX
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 06/28/2013
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Located in the Domplatz beside the Cathedral in Würzburg. Stylized modern sculpture in white marble. A seated Mary holds the body of the crucified Christ in her arms.
Mary and Jesus: According to religious tradition, Mary (Aramaic: Maryam; 1st century BC – early 1st century AD) was an Israelite Jewish[1] woman of Nazareth in Galilee and the mother of Jesus. Among her many other names and titles are the Saint Mary or Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and Virgin Mary in Western churches, Theotokos in Orthodox Christianity, and Maryam, mother of Isa in Islam. She is identified in the New Testament[Mt 1:16,18-25][Lk 1:26-56][2:1-7][2] and in the Qur'an as the mother of Jesus through divine intervention. Christians hold her son Jesus to be Christ (i.e., the messiah) and God the Son Incarnate (see Trinitarian monotheism), whereas Muslims regard Jesus as the messiah and one of the most important prophets of God sent to mankind.
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