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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Via Dolorosa - A Way of Grief

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By Shrihari Pataskar


If you're planning a trip to Paris just for sake of seeing Eiffel tower, then you are definitely wrong. Apart from Eiffel Tower there are much more famous places located in Paris such as the very famous and worth place to be watched is Sacre Coeur on Monometer. It is basically a church located at the top of the hill which touches the skyline on the horizon. The foundation of the Sacre Coeur was started with a stone in 1875 and rest of the stones was bought by the donation from various pilgrims. The specialty of this church is that it is too white in color and gives a different look to Paris. Sacre Coeur is the heart of the Paris, majority of the visitors visit every year. To reach at Sacre Coeur there are number of ways to the top of hill. It is as per the choice whether you want to walk or hire a cab. By walking, you have to walk up to the top of the hill if you have enough time and energy to climb. One can either take three different ways to reach:-

Take a metro which can go to Jules Joffrin station, after getting down get a bus of Monmartrobus to La Place des Tertes which will drop you off the hill around the corner of Sacre Coeur.
The easy way is to take a metro to Pigalle station. Once you out of the station take a bus of Montmartrobus to Norvins. This bus will drop you off close to the place La Place des Tertres, which is just a short distance way to Sacre Coeur.Take a metro to Abessess station and to a few distance walk to the Sacre Coeur.
Sacre Coeur is the most beautiful church with the amazing carved architecture made by artist. At the top of the hill you can have the full view of Paris with the Eiffel tower situated at the other side of the city. It is a worth watching site.
Mount Fuji is located at the north east of Tokyo around hundred kilometers. It is located on two the famous prefectures Shizuoka and Yamanashi. Mount Fuji is a conical shape of volcano about 700 meters wide and 500 meters small. Fuji rises with the height of 3776 and the foot spread about 30 kilometer. The top of the Mount Fuji is covered almost with snow and the climatic temperature is always cold, but according to the climate it changes. Besides Mount Fuji there are five lakes including Lake Yamanaka, Lake Motosu, Lake Sai, Lake Shoji and Lake Kawaguchi. It is the most deeply rooted mountain in the culture, rituals and beliefs of Japanese. For many people Fuji is a holy place and also known for pilgrim. Fuji is a symbol of Japan, majority of the visitors comes to visit this place to worship the religion of Japan. Even today around 200,000 visitors climb Mount Fuji every year. It is the best known for tourist attraction.
Pilgrim to Jerusalem will be the first choice of the Christian. The most holy and pure place in Jerusalem is Via Dolorosa which means in Latin as he way of grief or way of suffering. There are two parts one is within the old city of Jerusalem and other is the current route established in the 18th century. Via Dolorosa is a pilgrimage place, it is the path where the Lord Jesus walked by carrying his cross to the way of his crucifixion. Via Dolorosa is mostly visited by Christians, but it is also in followed in major number by Catholics and Orthodox. What to be seen in Jerusalem is the route of Via Dolorosa and 14 Stations of the Cross. People in group sing songs and prayer carrying cross and candles together and walk in the path of Via Dolorosa.
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