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| The Ave Maria Grotto, known throughout the world as "Jerusalem in Miniature", is a beautifully landscaped, four-acre park designed to provide a natural setting for the 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous historic buildings and shrines of the world. The masterpieces of stone and concrete are the lifetime work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard Abbey. Begun as a hobby, with various materials he could find, and infinite patience and a remarkable sense of symmetry and proportion, Brother Joseph re-created some of the greatest edifices of all time.The gift shop provides entry to a forested trail, winding down past several miniature building clusters and junk-bejeweled shrines. Round a bend, and you see it-an entire hillside packed in urban splendor with cathedrals and famous building. One half of the hillside features building and scenes from the Holy Land. There's also a central artificial cave-the Ave Maria Grotto.Among the numerous replicas which elicit admiration and wonderment from the visitor are the famous buildings of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, familiar to all from the Bible; Roman Landmarks, as St. Peter's and the Colosseum; the famous Spanish Missions of the American Southwest, and replicas of the famous Shrines of OUr Lady, Fatima and Lourdes.
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Name of hotel: Ave Maria Grotto
City: Cullman
Tel: +1 256 734 4110
Fax: +1 256 734 4110
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