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Hill of Crosses (Lithuanian: Kryžių kalnas ⓘ) is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain, but it is believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort after the 1831 Uprising ...
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The most renowned Lithuanian cross crafter and god carver was the self-taught Vincas Svirskis (1835–1916), whose crosses, once seen across central Lithuania, are now kept in national museums. [1] Lithuanian cross crafting has been included in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity of 2001 by UNESCO. [citation ...
Pages in category "American recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 286 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The original wooden Three Crosses were built on the Bleak Hill, the place where seven friars were beheaded, sometime before 1649. That is the year when the crosses were depicted in a panegyric to Bishop Jerzy Tyszkiewicz. Around the same time Tyszkiewicz began a case to canonize the fourteen friars. [5]
The Battle of Hill 488 was a military engagement of the Vietnam War that took place on the night of 15–16 June 1966. A small United States Marine Corps (USMC) reconnaissance platoon inflicted large casualties on regular People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) fighters before withdrawing with only a few dead.
Cross at First Baptist Church of Central Florida United States: Orlando, Florida: 28.548272 -81.506951: 60.65 m: 2008: The Cross at the Crossroads United States: Effingham, Illinois: 39.107602 -88.571203: 60.35 m: 2001: Cross of Hope Lebanon: Ijdabra: 34.2491731 35.7010201: 60 m: High-rise building in shape of a double cross with a church in ...
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