Ave Maria Grotto
Folder: Alabama, the Beautiful
The Ave Maria Grotto, located on the grounds of Alabama's first and only Benedictine Abbey, consists of over 125 miniatures, reproductions of famous churches, shrines and buildings that encompass an area of over three acres.
They are the lifetime work of a monk, Brother Joseph Zoettl, born in Bavaria, who came to the Abbey in 1911. They are made of stone and concrete and castaway, salvaged, an… (read more)
They are the lifetime work of a monk, Brother Joseph Zoettl, born in Bavaria, who came to the Abbey in 1911. They are made of stone and concrete and castaway, salvaged, an… (read more)
09 Oct 2012
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Chipmunk Crossing
Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey, , Alabama (IMG_6766)
09 Oct 2012
Tower of Babel Replica
Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama (IMG_6717)
09 Oct 2012
Hillside Miniatures
Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama (IMG_6653)
09 Oct 2012
Inside the Grotto
Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama (IMG_6643)
09 Oct 2012
St. Peter's Square and Basilica Replica
Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama (IMG_6610)
08 Nov 2012
Miniature Buildings
Mission San Ignacio de Caborica, Mexico; Basilica in Lourdes, France; Carmel Mission, California; Basilica of St. Petronilla in the Catacomb of St. Domitilla at Ave Maria Grotto, St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama
08 Nov 2012
Ave Maria Grotto
Two miniature buildings, a statue of Brother Joseph Zoettl who created the Grotto, and a miniature cemetary in memory of former St.. Bernard students who died in WWII. St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama
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