Drive in Rain & history| Murree| Convent of Jesus & Mary & Presentaion Convent Murree

Описание: It is always the same with mountains. Driving in rain is always a delight to experience. In the video, I will take you through the history of Murree, and some of his famous Convents like Convent of Jesus & Mary & Presentation Convent.
Location of The Place (Convent of Jesus & Mary Murree)
Murree was a small military station mainly for soldiers to recuperate from wounds after a skirmish in the northwest Frontier, or an attack of Cholera or typhoid. Monsignor Jacobi tried to get a boarding school established in Murree, then known as the “Queen of the Hills”. He found a large area of land available at Pindi Point, where there had been a small sanatorium, called Woodburn. He decided to buy it and ask the Jesus and Mary Nuns to go there.
The area was still thickly forested. The lush green of the pine foliage and the scenic beauty with a wide outlook over the distant snow-covered ranges of Kashmir, the surrounding hillsides looking North, and the distant plains, was enthralling. It was an ideal place for a new foundation. It took place when Mother St. Xavier Teyssier was Provincial.

Murree
Murree lies at approx 6000 ft. at the foot of the Himalayas in Pakistan. It is an alpine hill-station in the North of the Punjab Province, bordering the Kashmir region that lies on a horizontal ridge running in East-West direction.

Murree was established as a summer 'hill-station' for the British families in order to escape the heat of the Indian plains following the British annexation of the Punjab in 1849 from Sikh rule. After 1857, when the British Raj formally extended its sovereignty over India, a structured administration commenced in the Punjab. Murree became the summer capital of India and remained so until the end of the nineteenth century. The creation of another summer capital at Shimla (now in India) in the latter half of the 19th century, eased the load on the Murree hills a bit. However, it continued to serve its purpose.