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The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. Today, the term "Holy Land" usually refers to a territory roughly corresponding to the modern states of Israel and Palestine.
- Holy Places
A sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple,...
- Holy Land (Disambiguation)
Holy Land is a term used by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to...
- Holy Places
Szentföld. A Szentföld ( latinul: Terra Sancta, héberül: ארץ הקודש) kifejezés a Közel-Kelet azon régiójára utal, amelynek igen komoly vallási jelentősége van az ábrahámi vallásokban, azaz a keresztény és a zsidó vallásban, az iszlámban és a bahái hitben. A mai határokat figyelembe véve a Szentföld a mai Izrael ...
The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ( Hungarian: a Szent Korona Országai ), informally Transleithania (meaning the lands or region "beyond" the Leitha River ), were the Hungarian territories of Austria-Hungary, throughout the latter's entire existence (30 March 1867 – 16 November 1918), and which disintegrated following its dissolution.
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen I at Esztergom around the year 1000; his family (the Árpád dynasty) led the monarchy for 300 years.
The reunited Hungary came under Habsburg rule at the turn of the 18th century, fighting a war of independence in 1703–1711, and a war of independence in 1848–1849 until a compromise allowed the formation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1867, a major power into the early 20th century.
Nov 17, 2014 · According to Hungarian law, the Holy Crown was the highest dignitary of the land and was higher in rank than the king himself. The Holy Crown’s two main parts are in closed unity. The 19 enamel pictures (from the New Testament) have a so called „pictographic program” and an important sacred message hidden to our present way of thinking.
Emeric's brother, Andrew II, launched a crusade to the Holy Land in 1217–1218. Andrew's son, Béla IV, supported the Dominicans' missions among the Cumans of the Pontic steppes. The mendicant orders settled in Hungary in the 1220s.
