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Catacombs in Washington
By Linda Tancs
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America has been named one of the top five places most tourists miss when sightseeing in Washington, D.C. Created as a facsimile of the Holy Land in place of international travel, it features full-size replicas of the Mount Calvary and Holy Sepulchre shrines in Jerusalem as well as reproductions of the Nazareth Annunciation and Bethlehem Nativity grottos. Below ground is equally compelling, though. That’s where you’ll find three interconnected passages recalling early Christian burials in the catacombs of ancient Rome. Cast from aggregate cement, they were built by Franciscan monks at the turn of the 20th century. Book in advance; the catacombs are only accessible via guided tour.
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