Ave Maria Grotto

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 He ran the monastery’s power plant and was, even by a monk's standards, a withdrawn, quiet man.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.

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Hurricane Creek Park

Udforsk de grønne omgivelser ved Hurricane Creek Park i Falkville. Oplev området, som er berømt for sine søer og vandfaldene.

Hurricane Creek Park
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

Clarkson Covered Bridge

Bliv klogere på historien i Cullman, hvis du kigger forbi Clarkson Covered Bridge. Området er vellidt for sine søer, hvis omgivelser giver god anledning til gåture.

Clarkson Covered Bridge
Smith Lake Park

Smith Lake Park

Udforsk de grønne omgivelser ved Smith Lake Park i Trimble. Området er vellidt for sine søer, hvis omgivelser giver god anledning til gåture.

Smith Lake Park

Larkwood Falls

Bliv ét med naturen, og udforsk de naturskønne omgivelser i Larkwood Falls på din rejse til Cullman. Området er vellidt for sine søer, hvis omgivelser giver god anledning til gåture.

Larkwood Falls

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Efter et besøg til Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, kan du planlægge at besøge andre seværdigheder i Cullman. Området er vellidt for sine søer, hvis omgivelser giver god anledning til gåture.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Cullman County Museum

Brug en eftermiddag på at udforske udstillingerne i Cullman County Museum i Cullman. Området er vellidt for sine søer, hvis omgivelser giver god anledning til gåture.

Cullman County Museum

Bedste hoteltilbud i Ave Maria Grotto

Cobblestone Hotel & Suites - Cullman

Cobblestone Hotel & Suites - Cullman

3 out of 5
1835 Main Ave SW Cullman AL
Cobblestone Hotel & Suites - 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
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
“The Flying Carpet” Moroccan Treehouse

“The Flying Carpet” Moroccan Treehouse

Cullman AL
“The Flying Carpet” Moroccan Treehouse
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