Abandoned Holy Land USA CT (when we visited, park in September is being remodled now with intention to reopen to public
Holy Land USA was conceived by John Baptist Greco, a Waterbury-based attorney. Greco, a Roman Catholic, founded a volunteer organization called Companions of Ch...
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Holy Land USA was conceived by John Baptist Greco, a Waterbury-based attorney. Greco, a Roman Catholic, founded a volunteer organization called Companions of Christ, with the purpose of creating an attraction that would replicate the Bethlehem and Jerusalem of the Biblical era. Construction commenced in 1955.
Holy Land USA is an 18-acre theme park in Waterbury, Connecticut, inspired by selected passages from the Bible. It consists of a chapel, stations of the cross, and replicas of catacombs and Israelite villages constructed from cinder blocks, bathtubs, and other discards. The park closed to the public in 1984. Over its period of closure, the land and monuments faced the effects of vandalism.
The flaming lips shot a music video here in 1990 Tragedy and sadness cast a forlorn shadow over the biblical nature of this park, when In July 2010, the rape and murder of a 16 year-old girl inside the park just beneath the 56 foot stainless steel cross, and received widespread media coverage and generated renewed interest in the unused property and its future use. Reports indicated that trespassing had reduced in the years before the murder.
Since this time the cross has been replaced with a 50 foot stainless steel cross.
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Holy Land USA is an 18-acre theme park in Waterbury, Connecticut, inspired by selected passages from the Bible. It consists of a chapel, stations of the cross, and replicas of catacombs and Israelite villages constructed from cinder blocks, bathtubs, and other discards. The park closed to the public in 1984. Over its period of closure, the land and monuments faced the effects of vandalism.
The flaming lips shot a music video here in 1990 Tragedy and sadness cast a forlorn shadow over the biblical nature of this park, when In July 2010, the rape and murder of a 16 year-old girl inside the park just beneath the 56 foot stainless steel cross, and received widespread media coverage and generated renewed interest in the unused property and its future use. Reports indicated that trespassing had reduced in the years before the murder.
Since this time the cross has been replaced with a 50 foot stainless steel cross.
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