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The first wooden chapel in honor of Mary was built in the middle of the 17th century. This paid homage to the miraculous image of Mary, who miraculously survived a great fire. In 1710 the stone chapel was built. It was renovated and inaugurated in 2009. Next to the original chapel is the impressive basilica. From the pilgrimage site you have a wonderful view of Salzburg and the surrounding mountains.
August 14, 2019
A signpost near the pilgrimage church points towards famous pilgrimage sites with kilometers.
July 11, 2018
Maria Plain is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in the municipality of Bergheim in the north of the Austrian state of Salzburg. The pilgrimage basilica Mariæ Himmelfahrt (August 15th) on the Plainberg north of the city of Salzburg forms a closed baroque ensemble with the surrounding chapels and buildings. In the pilgrimage church, which has been a minor basilica since 1952, the miraculous image of Maria Plain "Maria Trost" is venerated: the image of a [...] seated crowned St. Mary holding a diaper in both hands, on which the naked crowned child is lying to the left on her lap and stretching out her hands to the mother.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Plain
July 21, 2018
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