Gruta Ave Maria

Final resting place for Brother Joseph, who created the art that is known as Ave Maria Grotto.This is a cemetery of only monks in residence at St. Bernard Abbey. Ave Maria Grotto, in Cullman, Alabama, is a landscaped, 4-acre park in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey, providing a garden setting for 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 24, 1976, and to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1984. The stone and concrete models are the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard's Abbey, who devoted some 50 years to the project, the last three decades (1932 to 1961) almost without interruption. They incorporate discarded building supplies, bricks, marbles, tiles, pipes, sea shells, marbles, plastic animals, costume jewellery, toilet bowl floats and cold cream jars. Born in 1878 in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Brother Joseph was maimed in an accident that left him slightly hunched due to cervical kyphosis. He immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in northern Alabama. Soon afterward he began studying at the newly founded Benedictine monastery of St. Bernard, where he took his vows in 1897. Br. Joseph was not allowed to be ordained as a priest, due to the rule of the period that stated any man with a distracting disability could not be ordained a priest. He ran the monastery’s power plant and was, even by a monk's standards, a withdrawn, quiet man. Brother Joseph rarely left Alabama, where he died in 1961.
Final resting place for Brother Joseph, who created the art that is known as Ave Maria Grotto.This is a cemetery of only monks in residence at St. Bernard Abbey. Ave Maria Grotto, in Cullman, Alabama, is a landscaped, 4-acre park in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey, providing a garden setting for 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 24, 1976, and to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1984. The stone and concrete models are the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard's Abbey, who devoted some 50 years to the project, the last three decades (1932 to 1961) almost without interruption. They incorporate discarded building supplies, bricks, marbles, tiles, pipes, sea shells, marbles, plastic animals, costume jewellery, toilet bowl floats and cold cream jars. Born in 1878 in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Brother Joseph was maimed in an accident that left him slightly hunched due to cervical kyphosis. He immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in northern Alabama. Soon afterward he began studying at the newly founded Benedictine monastery of St. Bernard, where he took his vows in 1897. Br. Joseph was not allowed to be ordained as a priest, due to the rule of the period that stated any man with a distracting disability could not be ordained a priest. He ran the monastery’s power plant and was, even by a monk's standards, a withdrawn, quiet man. Brother Joseph rarely left Alabama, where he died in 1961.

Llocs populars per visitar

Bit of. A hick in but man is it gorgeous !

Parc de Hurricane Creek

Deixa't sorprendre per Parc de Hurricane Creek, una de les zones naturals més boniques que hi ha a Falkville. Gaudeix de l'aigua en aquesta destinació, que ofereix vistes al llac i cascades.

Parc de Hurricane Creek
This 270 ft covered bridge was built in 1921 and the only remaining bridge of it's kind in Cullman County. It was used mainly by farmers. It spans the Crooked Creek, site of Civil War Skirmishes under Nathan Bedford Forrest. Many relics have been found around this creek and can be viewed at the museum just down the road. This bridge is open to foot traffic and also offers picnic areas and walking trails. An old water mill is located on the property too. #roadtrip

Pont Cobert Clarkson

Descobreix la història local de Cullman des d'un dels seus espais més populars: Pont Cobert Clarkson. També ofereix vistes al llac.

Pont Cobert Clarkson
Parc del Llac Smith

Parc del Llac Smith

Deixa't sorprendre per Parc del Llac Smith, una de les zones naturals més boniques que hi ha a Trimble. També ofereix vistes al llac.

Parc del Llac Smith

Cascades de Larkwood

Aprofita per gaudir de la bellesa natural de Cascades de Larkwood durant la teva estada a Cullman. A la zona també trobaràs vistes al llac.

Cascades de Larkwood

Església del Sagrat Cor de Jesús

Església del Sagrat Cor de Jesús és un dels indrets més coneguts que hi ha a Cullman, però hi podràs trobar un munt de racons que segur que et sorprendran. A la zona també trobaràs vistes al llac.

Església del Sagrat Cor de Jesús

Museu del Comtat de Cullman

Si, quan siguis de vacances, et ve de gust ampliar els coneixements culturals que tens sobre Cullman, recorda escapar-te a Museu del Comtat de Cullman. També ofereix vistes al llac.

Museu del Comtat de Cullman

Les millors ofertes d'hotels de Gruta Ave Maria

Cobblestone Hotel & Suites - Cullman

Cobblestone Hotel & Suites - Cullman

3 out of 5
1835 Main Ave SW Cullman AL
Cobblestone Hotel & Suites - Cullman
Days Inn by Wyndham Cullman

Days Inn by Wyndham Cullman

2 out of 5
1841 4th St Sw Cullman AL
Days Inn by Wyndham Cullman
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Cullman

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Cullman

3 out of 5
2054 Saint Joseph Drive Northwest Cullman AL
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Cullman
The Flying Fifty, a Luxury Boutique Hotel

The Flying Fifty, a Luxury Boutique Hotel

2 out of 5
515 4th St SW Cullman AL
The Flying Fifty, a Luxury Boutique Hotel
Location! Location!<br>Minutes to all shopping and your favorites restaurant!

Location! Location!<br>Minutes to all shopping and your favorites restaurant!

Cullman AL
Location! Location!<br>Minutes to all shopping and your favorites restaurant!
Sleep Inn & Suites Cullman I-65 exit 310

Sleep Inn & Suites Cullman I-65 exit 310

2.5 out of 5
2050 Sr 157 Cullman AL
Sleep Inn & Suites Cullman I-65 exit 310
Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Cullman

Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Cullman

2.5 out of 5
1855 North Crest Dr. NW Cullman AL
Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Cullman
Hampton Inn Cullman

Hampton Inn Cullman

2.5 out of 5
6100 Hwy 157 Cullman AL
Hampton Inn Cullman
Home2 Suites By Hilton Cullman

Home2 Suites By Hilton Cullman

3 out of 5
5720 AL Hwy 157 Cullman AL
Home2 Suites By Hilton Cullman
Veure 640 allotjaments a Gruta Ave Maria
El preu més baix per nit que s’ha trobat en les últimes 24 hores per a una estada d’1 nit per a 2 adults. Els preus i la disponibilitat estan subjectes a canvis. Pot ser que s’apliquin condicions addicionals.