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Basilica · Slovenia

Basilica of Mary the Protectress at Ptujska Gora

Ptujska Gora, Lower Styria, Slovenia

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

A major Slovenian pilgrimage church built around 1410 and famed for the Gothic relief of Mary spreading her mantle over a community of eighty-two figures. The local legend of a blind girl's healing is preserved as tradition rather than recast as a documented apparition.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

Stand beneath Mary's mantle in one of Slovenia's great Gothic churches, then place the shrine on the wider Central European Marian route toward Marija Bistrica.

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Mary's mantle

Study the extraordinary communal image at the high altar.

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A Gothic pilgrimage church

Let architecture and devotion remain inseparable.

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The Marian road

Connect Slovenia with Marija Bistrica and the larger Central European route.

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More sacred stops for this journey

Saint TombMaribor Cathedral and the Tomb of Blessed Anton Martin SlomšekMaribor, SloveniaShrineCroatian National Shrine of Our Lady of Marija BistricaMarija Bistrica, Croatia