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Picture No 10528280
Date 1909
Description Pilgrimage at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cinci
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The annual pilgrimage to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cincinnati showing pilgims ascending the many steps up to the church. he Immaculata Church has served since 1860 as a pilgrimage church, where on Good Friday the faithful ascend 85 steps to the church's front door from the neighborhood below while praying the Rosary. An additional 65 steps start at the base of Mt. Adams, with a pedestrian bridge over Columbia Parkway connecting the two paths. The steps were originally made of wood, but in 1911, the City of Cincinnati helped the church build concrete steps.
Source Photograph in The Bystander, 18 August 1909
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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