Cross of All Nations
33°57′56″N 35°49′41″E / 33.96556°N 35.82806°E
The Cross of All Nations is a monumental cross located in Qanat Bakish, a locality close to the
Context
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross commemorates the discovery of the Cross of Christ by
Description
The cross is 73.8 metres (242 ft) tall (one tenth the height of mount Golgotha) and 37 metres (121 ft) wide. The cross's 8 metres (26 ft) deep base contains 500 cubic meters of concrete and 5 tons of steel, the cross's body itself is made up of 170 tons of steel and is lit by 1800 spotlights. Work on the monument started on 25 November 2008 and was done on 27 June 2010 and cost around 1.5 million USD mainly acquired through donations.[2][3][5] The cross is equipped with one ladder that allow visitors to access a 300 square metres (3,200 sq ft) platform located at its vertical beam.[6]
References
- ^ a b EWTN news (2010). "World's largest illuminated cross inaugurated in Lebanon". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ a b Al-Mustaqbal (2010). احتفال في بسكنتا لتبريك أكبر صليب مضاء في العالم (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ a b Meedan (2010). "World's largest spotlit cross inaugurated in Lebanon as symbol of world unity". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ Kattar, Elias (2010-09-14). "صليبُ النور يشمخُ في سماﺀ بسكنتا... ويسامرُ ليلَ جرودها". al-Balad. Retrieved 2010-09-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ روسيا اليوم (2010). اضاءة أطول صليب في العالم في بلدة قناة باكيش اللبنانية (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ "بسكنتا تحتضن أطول صليب مضاء في العالم". as-Safir. 2010-09-14. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-09-23.