Nonnberg Abbey
Nonnberg, Salzburg, Austria Christianity
A Benedictine women’s monastery founded between 712 and 715, with an uninterrupted religious community on Salzburg’s Nonnberg.
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Sonntagberg Basilica
Sonntagberg, Amstetten, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity
A hilltop pilgrimage basilica dedicated to the Holy Trinity, with pilgrimage roots in the 15th century and a major Baroque church built…
Klosterneuburg Monastery
Klosterneuburg, Tulln, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity
An Augustinian canons’ monastery founded in 1114, centred on the memory and tomb of Saint Leopold III and major medieval works of…
Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig, Furth bei Göttweig, Krems-Land, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity
A Benedictine hilltop abbey founded in 1083 and rebuilt in Baroque form after 1718, forming part of the UNESCO-listed Wachau Cultural Landscape.
Maria Taferl Basilica
Maria Taferl, Melk, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity
A major Baroque Marian pilgrimage basilica above the Danube, whose 17th-century devotional history includes reported healings and apparition traditions.
Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz, Heiligenkreuz im Wienerwald, Baden, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity
A Cistercian abbey founded by Leopold III in 1133, with a medieval church, active monastic community and a longstanding True Cross relic…
Rein Abbey
Rein, Gratwein-Straßengel, Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria Christianity
A Cistercian abbey founded in 1129 near Graz, notable for the uninterrupted continuity of its monastic community.
Maria Straßengel Pilgrimage Church
Straßengel, Gratwein-Straßengel, Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria Christianity
A major Styrian High Gothic pilgrimage church known for Marian devotion and the venerated Wurzelkreuz.
Melk Abbey
Melk, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity
A Benedictine abbey established in 1089, internationally known for its Baroque complex and its place within the UNESCO-listed Wachau Cultural Landscape.
Vienna Peace Pagoda
Handelskai, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, Austria Buddhism
A Buddhist peace pagoda on the Danube, inaugurated in 1983 and maintained within the Nipponzan Myōhōji tradition.
Mariazell Basilica
Mariazell, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria Christianity
Austria’s principal Marian pilgrimage basilica, centred on the venerated Mariazell statue and a pilgrimage documented since the Middle Ages.
Admont Abbey
Admont, Liezen, Styria, Austria Christianity
A Benedictine abbey founded in 1074, combining an active monastic community with major historic, artistic and library collections.