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#1 2006-01-02 01:08:12

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'via de la rosa' for 'via dolorosa'

I’m pretty sure the original has nothing to do with roses. >300 ghits:

The exchange between Mary and Jesus on the Via de la Rosa after he stumbles beneath the weight of the Cross is at the same time heart-rending and uplifting.
aintitcool.com//display.cgi?id=16816&next=1

... neither in the Armenian quarter, nor in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, neither on the
Via De La Rosa, nor in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=middleeast&ID=SP12100

I walk down the Via De La Rosa, the road taken by Jesus Christ to his Crucifixion, and stop at the sixth station where he fell carrying the cross.
www.palestinemonitor.org/nueva_web/arti … y_home.htm

For Palestinians of Jerusalem, getting a personal ID, which ought to be a simple
affair, has become the new via de la Rosa.
www.counterpunch.org/kuttab08092003.html

Immediately below, surrounded by ancient walls, is the old city where the Holy
Temple once stood, where Chirst walked the Via De La Rosa and was crucified …
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m083 … i_12024702

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