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Museum Of The Life Of Christ
The Life of Christ Museum ( pt, Museu Vida de Cristo) is a wax museum located in the city of Fátima, Portugal, Fátima, Portugal. Located in Cova da Iria, near to the Sanctuary of Fátima, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, it is a themed museum about the Life of Jesus, life of Jesus Christ, considered unique in the world. History Opened on 13 April 2007, the Life of Christ Museum is a museum complex where the life of Jesus is portrayed, from the Annunciation, Annunciation of the Angel to Mary to the Ascension of Jesus, Ascension of Jesus to Heaven, in a total of 33 scenes, through life-size wax figures dressed in clothes made with fabrics manufactured in the Sertã area on manual looms by Portuguese artisan women. The project involved an investment of 12 million euros. In August 2017 it was announced that the museum would close and be liquidated, after its main creditors rejected an insolvency plan in a last attempt to keep the museum in operation. The museum had a debt of ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fátima, Portugal
Fátima () is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Central Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). The homonymous civil parish encompasses several villages and localities of which the city of Fátima is the largest. The civil parish has been permanently associated with Our Lady of Fátima, a series of 1917 Marian apparitions that were purportedly witnessed by three local shepherd children at the Cova da Iria. The Catholic Church later recognized these events as "worthy of belief". A small chapel was built at the site of the apparition in 1919, and a statue of Mary installed. The chapel and statue have since been enclosed within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, a shrine complex containing two minor basilicas. Associated facilities for pilgrims, including a hotel and medical centre, have also been built over the decades within and around the Sanctuary. The city has become an important international dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
