October 06, 2019 is the date of the event that completed the history of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.

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The multitude of pilgrims who come to Jerusalem from all over the world to retrace the stages of the Via Dolorosa, now stop and pray in front of new touching realistic representations of the Passion of Christ made in bronze, by the Veronese artist Alessandro Mutto.

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Figurations that, before arriving in Jerusalem, received the blessing of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the Vatican, in the presence of the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton.

Present at the “inauguration ceremony”, the delegations of the Franciscan Fathers from all over the world, who came to Jerusalem to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the coming of St. Francis of Assisi to the Holy Land.