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wayside shrines


Identification code: 300395577



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  • shrines, wayside
  • wayside altars
  • wayside shrine

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Scope note:

Shrines erected by the side of the road as stations devoted to honor or worship of a deity or sacred figure of any faith. It may incorporate an altar or image of the deity; it may mark a crossroad. Examples include those found in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, Japan, and in Christian Europe and the Americas. For crosses serving as roadside markers, use "wayside crosses."

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