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Heilig Landstichting

 

1560 Heilig Landstichting The Heilig Landstichting (Holy Land Foundation) was founded in 1911 in the village of Groesbeek, just outside of Nijmegen, by the priest Arnold Suys after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The purpose of the foundation was to teach about Palestine and the life of Christ. The foundation built a small village along with a church, monasteries and an open air museum.

The Cenakelkerk (Church of St. Antonius of Padua) [left] was constructed in 1913–1915 according to a design by Jan Stuyt. A second church, the Holy Heart Basilica (Heilig Hartbasiliek), was begun in 1933 but the construction was left unfinished in 1936.


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