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Franciscan Monastery

Franciscan Monastery

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Franciscan Monastery

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Location: Maria Lankowitz, Voitsberg, Styria, Austria

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1. Franciscan Monastery loop from Maria Lankowitz

6.18km

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2. Franciscan Monastery loop from Maria Lankowitz

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3. Thermen Nova – Franciscan Monastery loop from Köflach

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JakobusPilger

April 23, 2022

One of the few saints who is also highly valued outside of Christianity is San Francesco, known in the German-speaking world as Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in Assisi in 1181/82 and died in 1226. In his youth as the son of wealthy parents he was a bon vivant, but later he turned to Christ. In the half-ruined little church of San Damiano, on the hillside outside the city walls of Assisi, he was praying one day and heard the voice of Christ coming down from the cross, urging him to “rebuild his church”. At first he took this request literally and restored the church building, later he came to realize that this is primarily about the church as the community of believers.
Many people joined him, and the Order of the Friars Minor of Francis of Assisi was born. Today in the broad Franciscan religious family there are three male branches: the Franciscans, the Minorites and the Capuchins; and two females: the Franciscans and the Poor Clares.
His burial church in Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco, which did not even exist during Francis' lifetime, is nevertheless one of the great "original shrines" of the Franciscan religious family. It can be found here as a hiking highlight under this link: komoot.de/highlight/138624

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Sebastian 🌳

August 22, 2021

The Franciscan monastery was founded in 1455 by the knight Georg Gradner. Most of the monastery building was built between 1656 and 1665 by Bartolomeo Montiano using older parts. In the cloister courtyard there is a stone figure of Mary, kneeling on clouds, from the 2nd quarter of the 18th century. Some baroque paintings in the refectory.

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A small part of the monastery can be visited from the church. A beautiful courtyard and icons can be seen. There is also a public toilet.

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Franciscan Monastery

1. Franciscan Monastery loop from Maria Lankowitz

2. Franciscan Monastery loop from Maria Lankowitz

3. Thermen Nova – Franciscan Monastery loop from Köflach

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