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What mountains are sacred?

Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) with a height of 3776 m, the highest peak in Japan, is the holy mountain of the Shintoists. There is no other mountain in the world that has been depicted so many times in paintings, postcards, etc.

Mauna Kea in the Hawaiian Islands with a height of 4202 m is a sacred mountain for local residents. If we consider the height of this volcano from the very foot, then it is the highest peak in the world - over 10000 m. However, the foot of Mauna Kea is located below the level of the Pacific Ocean.

Olympus in Greece with a height of 2918 m was the home of the gods for the ancient Greeks. Muses lived on Parnassus (a mountain range in central Greece with a height of 2457 m).

Mount Sinai (the exact place is unknown, is identified with Mount Jabal-Sirbal in Egypt (2637 m)) is sacred to Jews and Christians. They consider this mountain to be the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments from the Lord.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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What is Bucintoro?

"Bucintoro" (or "Bucentaur", as it is also called) - a large galley of the Venetian doges. It was on these ships that the sacred rite of "the betrothal of Venice to the sea" was performed annually for six centuries. On the morning of the holiday, the doge, accompanied by the nobility and ambassadors of neighboring states, climbed onto the deck of the Bucintoro, which, accompanied by an escort of elegant gondolas, slowly went out into the middle of the lagoon and headed towards St. Helena.

A boat was leaving the island to meet the Bucintoro. The prelate, who was on board the boat, consecrated a large vessel of water, and then poured it back into the sea. When the Bucentaur slowly sailed past the Lido Island, a window opened in the stern, and the hand of the highest-ranking person in Venice, engaged to the sea, threw a massive golden ring into its still, but such treacherous waters.

During the existence of this beautiful custom, the Venetians managed to build and bury several ships named "Bucintoro". All these ships were extraordinarily beautiful.

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