Maria Luggau Basilica
Maria Luggau, Lesachtal, Hermagor, Carinthia, Austria Christianity
A major Carinthian Marian pilgrimage basilica whose origin tradition is associated with Helena and a dream reported in 1513.
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Gurk Cathedral
Gurk, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria Christianity
A major Romanesque church in Carinthia whose hundred-column crypt contains the tomb venerated as that of Saint Hemma of Gurk.
St. Florian Monastery
St. Florian, Linz-Land, Upper Austria, Austria Christianity
An Augustinian monastery founded in 1071 on a site long associated with Saint Florian, combining living religious practice with major Baroque heritage.
Mariendom Linz
Innenstadt, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria Christianity
The cathedral of Linz, begun in 1862 and solemnly consecrated in 1924 after a 62-year Gothic Revival building campaign.
Pöstlingberg Basilica
Pöstlingberg, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria Christianity
A Baroque pilgrimage basilica above Linz dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary and centred on a venerated Pietà.
Maria Plain Pilgrimage Church
Plainberg, Bergheim, Salzburg-Umgebung, Salzburg, Austria Christianity
A 17th-century Marian pilgrimage church above Salzburg, centred on an image long venerated as the Maria Plain grace image.
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.
St. Peter’s Abbey, Salzburg
Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria Christianity
A Benedictine archabbey founded by Saint Rupert in 696 and continuously inhabited by a monastic community for more than thirteen centuries.
Salzburg Cathedral
Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria Christianity
Salzburg’s metropolitan cathedral, whose origins reach the 8th century and whose present Early Baroque building was consecrated in 1628.
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…
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.
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.