Ave Maria Grotto
From Wikipedia Ave Maria Grotto islocated in a landscaped 4-acre park in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey. This provides a garden setting for 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. The stone and concrete models are the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard Abbey, who devoted some 50 years to the project, the last three decades (1932 to 1961) almost without interruption. They incorporate discarded building supplies, bricks, marbles, tiles, pipes, sea shells, plastic animals, costume jewellery, toilet bowl floats and cold cream jars.
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