Switzerland 2007 Vira Gambarogno. Nativity Scenes

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Switzerland. Canton Tessin. Vira Gambarogno. Vira Gambarogno. The old town shows an exhibit of various Nativity scenes, illuminated at night for the Christmas holiday season. A Nativity Scene, may be used to describe any depiction of the Nativity of Jesus in art, but in the sense covered here, also called a crib or in North America and France a crèche (meaning "crib" or "manger" in French). It means a three-dimensional folk art depiction of the birth or birthplace...
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Switzerland. Canton Tessin. Vira Gambarogno. Vira Gambarogno. The old town shows an exhibit of various Nativity scenes, illuminated at night for the Christmas holiday season. A Nativity Scene, may be used to describe any depiction of the Nativity of Jesus in art, but in the sense covered here, also called a crib or in North America and France a crèche (meaning "crib" or "manger" in French). It means a three-dimensional folk art depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus, either sculpted or using two-dimensional (cut-out) figures arranged in a three-dimensional setting. Christian nativity scenes, in two dimensions (drawings, paintings, icons, etc.) or three (sculpture or other three-dimensional crafts), usually show Jesus in a manger, Joseph and Mary in a barn (or cave) intended to accommodate farm animals. The scene includes sometimes the Magi or Three Wise Men (with or without a camel), shepherds and sheep, the angels and The Star of Bethlehem.
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