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The word grotto comes from Italian grotta, Vulgar Latin grupta, and Latin crypta ("a crypt"). [2] It is also related by a historical accident to the word grotesque.In the late 15th century, Romans accidentally unearthed Nero's Domus Aurea on the Palatine Hill, a series of rooms, decorated with designs of garlands, slender architectural framework, foliage, and animals.
The Grotto is located down a hill adjacent to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. [11]: 32 Nearby the Grotto is an approximately 230-year-old Sycamore tree whose girth measured 20.33 feet (6.20 m) as of 2006, also known as Vengeance Tree or Superstition Tree. [1]: 94 [16]
The origins of the Vatican Grottoes date back to the 16th century, specifically around 1590–1591, when they were constructed to support the floor of the Renaissance-era St. Peter's Basilica.
The original altar of the Lourdes Grotto in France was gifted by the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes Pierre-Marie Théas to Pope John XXIII in 1960 and was installed in the Grotta di Lourdes. [2] Another annual event held every year on 31 May, during the conclusion of the procession, is the visit of the Pope to the Grotto in order to conduct mass. [2]
The original Lourdes grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred and where Lourdes spring water still flows.. A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, in the town of Lourdes in France, now part of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
The Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption is a religious shrine in West Bend, Iowa, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City. A conglomeration of nine grottos depicting scenes in the life of Jesus , it contains a large collection of minerals and petrifications and is believed to be the largest grotto in the world.
For those who aren't aware, a shell grotto is an artificial cave decorated with shells, stones, and other natural materials, and were popular in European garden design during the Renaissance and ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. Grotto; A. Grotta dell'Addaura; B. Blue Grotto (Biševo) Blue Grotto (Capri) Blue Grotto (Malta) Buoho Grotto; C. Caynton Caves;