Ave Maria, Florida
| Ave Maria, Florida | |
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| unincorporated community | |
Ave Maria University in the center of Ave Maria, Florida.
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 Ave Maria, Florida
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| Coordinates: 26°20′12″N 81°26′12″W / 26.33667°N 81.43667°WCoordinates: 26°20′12″N 81°26′12″W / 26.33667°N 81.43667°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Florida
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| County |
 Collier
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| Elevation | 18 ft (6 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 34142 |
| Area code(s) | 239 |
| FIPS code | 12-47625 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0287528 |
| Website |
Official website Ave Maria Florida |
Ave Maria, Florida, United States, is a planned college town currently under development in Collier County, near Immokalee and Naples.
Ave Maria, Florida is an unincorporated community that was founded in 2005 by Ave Maria Development Company, a partnership consisting of the Barron Collier Companies and the Ave Maria Foundation led by Roman Catholic philanthropist and activist Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza and the leader of Ave Maria University at the time. Monaghan served as chancellor of Ave Maria University until February 2011. The development of the town was made possible when the Florida legislature created the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, a limited local government whose purpose is to provide community infrastructure, including community development systems, facilities, services, projects, and improvements. It is one of the top-selling master planned communities in the United States.
Ave Maria is home to various institutions and businesses. Local news is covered by a local online newspaper called the Ave Herald and a monthly print and internet magazine Ave Maria Living shares human interest stories about the community.
The town was planned with the large Ave Maria Oratory church in the center, the facade of which displays sculptor Márton Váró's 30-foot-tall (9 m) sculpture of the Annunciation, depicting the Archangel Gabriel greeting the Virgin Mary with the words "Ave Maria" (Hail Mary). Váró's "Good Shepherd" sculpture is also featured inside the Oratory, also carved in marble from Cave Michelangelo in Carrara, Italy.
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