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Christ At El Picacho
The Christ at "El Picacho" is a monument which stands on the hill El Picacho in the north area of Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ..., at a height of 4,353 feet above sea level. History In 1997, during preparations for the celebration of the 2000 Jubilee Year, Archbishop Oscar Andres Rodriguez dedicated the commemoration of the Lord Jesus Christ, at that time, in which he stated his desire to build a monument. To achieve its objective a commission headed by Armida of Lopez Contreras and complemented by key members of Honduran society, who after long deliberations and consultations with the permission of the Bishop Rodríguez, agreed to build an image of Christ of large dimensions. Initially and after a close analysis -since the wo ...
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Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela. Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the Honduran capital on 30 October 1880, under President Marco Aurelio Soto, when he moved the seat of government from Comayagua, which had been the Honduran capital since its independence in 1841. The 1936 constitution established Tegucigalpa and Comayagua as a Central District, and the current 1982 Honduran Constitution continues to define the sister cities as a #Central District, Central District that serves as the permanent national capital. Tegucigalpa is located in the southern-central highland region known as the Departments of Honduras, department of Francisco Morazán Department, Francisco Morazán of which it is also t ...
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya civilization, Maya, before Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholic Church, Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part o ...
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Ceremonial Plaza
A ceremony (, ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion. The word may be of Etruscan language, Etruscan origin, via the Latin . Religious and civil (secular) ceremonies According to Dally Messenger III, Dally Messenger and Alain de Botton, in most Western countries the values and ideals articulated in both church and Civil ceremony, civil ceremonies are generally similar. The difference is in what Messenger calls the "supernatural infrastructure" or de Botton the "implausible supernatural element".Messenger, Dally; ''Murphy's Law and the Pursuit of Happiness: a History of the Civil Celebrant Movement'', Spectrum Publications, Melbourne (Australia), 2012 Most religions claim some extra advantage conferred by the deity, e.g., Roman Catholics believe that through the words of consecration in the Mass in the Catholic Church, mass ceremony, God himself becomes Real presence of Christ in t ...
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List Of Statues Of Jesus
There are many statues of Jesus, including: Monumental statues * ''Christ the King'' in Świebodzin, Poland, is the tallest Jesus statue in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. * '' Christ the Redeemer'' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. * ''Christ the King'' is another very famous statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in Almada, overlooking the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Many other monumental statues of Jesus, include: * Cerro del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico * Cerro de los Ángeles on a hill located in Getafe, Spain * Christ at El Picacho in the north area of Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras * '' Christ Blessing'' in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia * '' Christ of Havana'' in Havana, Cuba * '' Christ of the Abyss'' in various underwater locations * '' Christ of the Mercy'' in the city of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua * '' Christ of the Ozarks'' in Arkansas, United States * Christ of the Sacred Heart above the town of El Morro, near the city of Rosarit ...
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