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Medjugorje - Apparition Hill (Podbrdo)
A steep path leads from the houses to the very place of the apparitions, along which - in 1989 - bronze reliefs were placed representing the joyful and the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary (the work of Prof. Carmelo Puzzolo).
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The place of the first apparitions of Our Lady, several hundreds meters above the Bijakovici hamlet called Podbrdo, is today called Apparition Hill.
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On the way towards the place of the apparitions, a large wooden cross was erected, signalling the place where - through Marija Pavlovi?, on the third day of the apparitions - Our Lady gave the call to peace for the first time.
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At the very place of the apparitions, in honour of the 20th anniversary of the apparitions, a statue of the Queen of Peace was placed, sculpted according to the model of the statue, which you can find in front of the parish church (the work of Dino Felici).
In June 2002, bronze reliefs representing the glorious mysteries of the Rosary (the work of Prof. Carmelo Puzzolo) were placed on the path descending towards the Blue Cross.
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For the pilgrims, an encounter with Apparition Hill is encounter with Our Lady through personal prayer and prayer of the rosary.
At the foot of Apparition Hill is the Blue Cross, placed there in 1985. At this place, Ivan the visionary's prayer group gathers regularly, ever since July 4th, 1982.
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