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Christianity sacred sites in Austria
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Basilica Maria Loreto, St. Andra
St. Andrä im Lavanttal, Carinthia, Austria
Rising from the Lavanttal valley in southeastern Austria, the Basilica Maria Loreto holds a replica of the Holy House of Nazareth and its Black Madonna....
Basilica of Maria Loretto in Burgenland
Loretto, Burgenland, Austria
In the eastern Austrian lowlands, a village of five hundred souls receives one hundred thousand pilgrims annually....
Basilica of the Virgin Mary, Mariazell
Mariazell, Styria, Austria
Set among the forested peaks of the Styrian Alps, the Basilica of the Virgin Mary in Mariazell has drawn pilgrims from across Central Europe for nearly nine hundred years....
Black Madonna of Kaltenleutgeben
Inside Parish Church of Saint James, Kaltenleutgeben
Kaltenleutgeben, Lower Austria, Austria
In this baroque church south of Vienna, a copy of the famous Altotting Black Madonna has drawn pilgrims since 1712....
Black Madonna of Langenzersdorf
Inside St. Katharina, Langenzersdorf
Langenzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Since 1708, this copy of the famous Einsiedeln Black Madonna has kept vigil in St....
Black Madonna of Lavanttal
Inside Basilica Maria Loreto, St. Andra
Sankt Andrä, Carinthia, Austria
In the Carinthian town of St. Andra, within a baroque basilica modeled after Italy's Holy House of Loreto, a Black Madonna has drawn pilgrims for nearly four centuries....
Black Madonna of Loretto Burgenland
Inside Basilica of Maria Loretto in Burgenland
Loretto, Burgenland, Austria
In the Austrian village that took its name from Loreto, a 1644 replica of the famous Black Madonna has outlasted the Italian original....
Black Madonna of Maria Loretto Peninsula
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
On a peninsula reaching into Lake Woerthersee, this 17th-century chapel replicates the Holy House of Loreto in Italy....
Church of St. George, Georgenberg
Stans, Tyrol, Austria
Perched on a rocky outcrop rising one hundred meters above the Stallental valley in the Austrian Alps, St. Georgenberg is the oldest extant monastery in Tyrol....
Parish Church of Saint James, Kaltenleutgeben
Kaltenleutgeben, Lower Austria, Austria
Saint James is both Kaltenleutgeben's parish church and the housing place of its Black Madonna....
Pilgrimage church of Maria Geburt, Mariastein
Mariastein, Tyrol, Austria
Rising from a 14-meter cliff in the Tyrolean countryside, the 42-meter tower of Mariastein once guarded a Roman road....
Pilgrimage church of Mary, Maria Taferl
Maria Taferl, Lower Austria, Austria
Perched 233 meters above the Danube valley in Lower Austria, the Basilica of Maria Taferl is the region's foremost Marian pilgrimage destination and the second most...
St. Katharina, Langenzersdorf
Langenzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Rising in the village of Langenzersdorf just north of Vienna, St. Katharina has anchored the spiritual life of this community since 1326....
The parish church of the Assumption (Maria am Berg), Hallstatt
Hallstatt, Upper Austria, Austria
High above Lake Hallstatt, the parish church of Maria am Berg sits between mountain and water in one of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited settlements. Beside it, St....
The Parish Church of the Assumption (Maria am Berg), Hallstatt
Hallstatt, Upper Austria, Austria
Perched on a steep mountainside above Lake Hallstatt, the Parish Church of the Assumption rises like a declaration of permanence against the transient Alpine weather....
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