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The Holy Land Experience (HLE) was a Christian amusement park in Orlando, Florida and registered non-profit corporation. HLE conducted weekly church services and bible studies for the general public. HLE's theme park recreated the architecture and themes of the ancient city of Jerusalem in 1st-century Judaea.
On October 6, The Holy Land Experience -- a Christian-inspired theme park in Orlando, Fla. -- was completely overrun by more than 7,000 visitors. Shortly after opening that day, it hit its 1,700 ...
Harry P. Leu Gardens is a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) botanical gardens in Winter Park, Florida just north of Orlando, also features the Leu House Museum, furnished to the early 1900s; Larry E. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum, a Vietnam War museum located in East Orlando. [5] Mennello Museum of American Art [6]
He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1137/1138. After his journey, he wrote a Descriptio Terra Sancte (Description of the Holy Places). Fretellus. Rorgo Fretellus (fl. 1119–1154), a Frankish priest in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Descriptio de locis sanctis (Description of Jerusalem and the Holy Land). A widely distributed account the ...
Mapped route of the journey described by an unnamed Christian pilgrim, who travelled from Gallia Aquitania (Southern France) to the Holy Land in the fourth century. Itinerarium Burdigalense ("Bordeaux Itinerary"), also known as Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum ("Jerusalem Itinerary"), is the oldest known Christian itinerarium.
St Jerome (Hieronymus; fl. 386–420), translator of the Bible, brought an important contribution to the topography of the Holy Land; Madaba Map, mosaic map of the Holy Land from the second half of the 6th century; Anonymous Pilgrim from Piacenza, pilgrim to the Holy Land (570s) who left travel descriptions; Early Muslim period. Paschal ...
Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, travels to the Holy Land. [3] She returns with Holy relics and begins a tradition of Christian pilgrimage. [4] After 334. The Pilgrim of Bordeaux writes of his journey to the Holy Land in Itinerarium Burdigalense. [5] November 636. The Siege of Jerusalem begins as part of the Muslim conquest of the ...
Anonymous "Pilgrim of Bordeaux", pilgrim to the Holy Land (333–4) who left travel descriptions Egeria , pilgrim to the Holy Land (c. 381–384) who left a detailed travel account St Jerome (Hieronymus; fl. 386–420), translator of the Bible, brought an important contribution to the topography of the Holy Land