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Waldensian Trail of Faith
Valdese, North Carolina
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The Trail of Faith consists of fifteen open-air exhibits and replicas tracing the religious heritage, many believe from the apostles, and pilgrimage of the faithful Waldenses from the Alps of Northern Italy to the settling of Valdese in 1893. After surviving centuries of religious persecution from imprisonment to death and exile, the Waldenses thrived in the 1800s as they finally were allowed to worship God openly without fear. Ironically, it was those fruitful years that led them to America. The land of the Italian valleys could no longer sustain their numbers, and they were forced to imigrate to the United States.
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On May 29th, 1893, the first of more than 200 settlers disembarked a Southern Railway train to build a colony. In addition to seeing the sites of the Old World, visitors to the "Trail of Faith" step back in time to see how the Waldenses lived when they first came here, how they cooked their bread in a community oven, cut lumber at the sawmill and played boccia. The Trail of Faith commemorates and celebrates their faithful journey and their continuing dedication to living a life true to one's faith.
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Come experience the Waldensian Trail of Faith. Give us a day - we'll give you a millennium.
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