Sentences with phrase «pilgrimage site from»

Believed to be an imprint of Christ's face after being crucified, the shroud has been displayed in Turin since 1578 - and the city became a popular pilgrimage site from that time.

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While this claim can not be historically proven beyond doubt, it is certain that we are looking here at the mortal remains of an early martyr whose burial site was a place of reverence and pilgrimage from the first days of the Christian era.

It explains why they built the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the most important Christian pilgrimage site in the world, in Jerusalem, right above the place where they believe Jesus rose from the dead.

One would think that a Christian Prince from a church in Idaho would make a pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, now a World Heritage site & the Church of the Holy Sepulchre *, Jerusalem, built by the Christian Prince, Constantine!

Mr Joyce, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was attending a six day pilgrimage to the site north of Lisbon with a small group he travelled with on a plane from London Gatwick.

Sayeda Zeinab — the granddaughter of the Prophet Mohammad — is venerated by Shi'ites and her shrine is a site of mass pilgrimage for Shi'ites from across the world.

Some people will no doubt make a pilgrimage to the cavern, but for the next century at least, that will probably require some commitment, as the site is «as far as you can get from civilization within the continental United States,» Hillis says.

Testud's paraplegic Christine arrives at the popular Christian pilgrimage site of Lourdes in France with the hope that God might intervene to help her rise up from her seat.

From Hpa - An, you can continue your trip to the famous pilgrimage site of The Golden Rock or to the newly opened to tourism southern beaches.

More and more visitors from India and overseas prefer Gujarat as their holiday destination owing to its major pilgrimage sites, Buddisht Heritage Site, tribes and traditions and vibrant culture.

With the launch of Maharajas Express, the number of luxury tourist trains to choose from in India is the largest in the world and there's one more luxury train service Takht Express is in the offing which will offer tour across Sikh pilgrimage sites in India.

Clinging to a sheer cliff face in breathtaking fashion, the ancient pilgrimage site of Rocamadour (sixteen kilometres from St Denis les Martel) is unmissable.

There are 8 main sites of the Mayan ruins that are still standing today, namely: Tikal — a c. 700 AD city in Guatemala Caracol — another city except from c. 500 AD and situated in Belize Chichén Itzá — a monument and center for pilgrimage located in Mexico Tulum — a coastal Mayan site present until c. 1200 AD Kabah — a ruin with elaborate and intricate carvings on the wall which was used from c. 800 AD to c. 900 AD Palenque — another site located in Mexico thought to be magical, present from c. 600 AD to c. 700 AD Coba — a partially excavated network of roads and pyramids in Yucatan, Mexico Uxmal — the most extravagant and complex of all eight Mayan sites, built shortly before c. 1000 AD.

As you peer into the sacred cenote, your guide explains how archeologists delved into this pilgrimage site and pulled out wood, shells, cloth, jewelry and the skeletons of men and children, confirming that the natural sinkhole indeed was once used as a human sacrifice site.Stand on one of the platforms at the colossal ball court where Mayans played sports, and have another person from your group whisper from 150 feet (46 meters) away.

It is a famous pilgrimage site because it has the well - known Brahma temple where people visit from all over.

For this exhibition, Giorno's personal shrine from his home, which is decorated with intricate brocade from the sacred pilgrimage site of Benaras in India, has been relocated to the gallery space.

While her earlier work looked at art museums as places for worship or contemplation — in the vein of cathedrals or pilgrimage sites — and artworks as objects of faith, her recent works, such as Deposit III (2015), give more importance to painting as an actual object in its own right: «It allowed me to leave bi-dimensionality, unhang [painting] from the wall and naturally add other supports of images (video, mirrors, printed matter, found paintings) and link them to a same genealogy.»

In the downstairs gallery, Henry presents a group of mostly nocturnal landscape paintings that take into account how artists as different from one another as Frederic Remington and Ed Ruscha have influenced how we see the West, while Minimalists such as Donald Judd and Dan Flavin have transformed how visitors and locals experience it thanks to Marfa's Chinati Foundation, a pilgrimage site for international art tourists.