Monday, March 15, 2010

Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche

For me, this was the best area visited today.   It is a gorgeous Sacred Shrine....

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Prince of Peace Church....

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Manuel walks up to the Great Cross, which is made out of sheet metal and is 208 feet tall. 

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The park like area also serves as a cemetery.

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We walk over the bridge..

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The Stations Of The Cross are also in this park....

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Several cranes in the area....beautiful birds..

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This is Byzantine Shrine.

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Looking up at the cross....makes me dizzy!    So awesome.

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Matanzas Bay surrounds the Sacred Shrine....several house boats here, too.

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This is Father Lopez who offered the first mass in this land....

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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness Of The Americas.    Jesus and little children...

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More of the park....

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A view as we leave the park....

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What a beautiful, peaceful place.   It was great to spend some time here.   We loved it!

This was a fountain as we left the park....

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More pictures to come from this day.....too many pictures.  Will post more later.

1 comment:

Lambe Travels said...

You certainly do get around. Miss you!!