St. Peter's Church in Rome - Cullman, AL
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YoSam.
N 34° 10.488 W 086° 49.003
16S E 516890 N 3781552
Ave Maria Grotto is now a very popular tourist attraction.
Waymark Code: WMZQ1T
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2018
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County of replica: Cullman County
Location of replica: St. Bernard Dr., S. of US-278, E. of Cullman
Built: 1934
Created by: Brother Joseph Zoetl
Location of original: Vatican, Rome, Italy
Original built by: Popes Julius II & Paul V
Built: 1506 completed 1605
New:
"The display is strung out along a forested trail that winds down past several building clusters built into a steep hillside. Roman Catholic cathedrals and monasteries predominate — notably St. Peter's Basilica, the Monte Cassino Abbey and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes — along with scenes from ancient Jerusalem, whence the grotto's sobriquet, "Jerusalem in Miniature". Half of the hillside features buildings and scenes from the Holy Land. Also displayed are a number of secular buildings and the occasional pagan temple, including the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Spanish missions, German castles, South African shrines, Hansel and Gretel's Temple of the Fairies, and even the St. Bernard Abbey power station, where the monk worked shoveling coal." ~ Wikipedia
Old:
"Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom". ~ Wikipedia