Sunday, January 20, 2013

Maria Trens Pilgrimage Church





 



 

The Sanctuary Maria Trens near Sterzing / Vipiteno in the Isarco Valley is one of the most important pilgrimage locations in South Tyrol. The Church was built in 1498 in late Gothic style.


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  1. Ah, to think of the thousands of pilgrims who prayed here over the centuries . . .
    I would gladly join them to visit this church (and I am not even Christian).
    Your picture of the gallery is especially intriguing since I have never seen such a thing. I think they are called votive tablets? Gnadenbild?
    Thanks for this Sunday lesson, Karl.

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  3. Those church spires reach high into the deep blue sky. Perfect, Karl.

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  5. I love the way this church looks against that gorgeous blue Tyrolean sky. Thanks for including the inside views, too.

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  6. This is a rather busy looking church.

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The Province of Bolzano-Bozen, also referred to as Alto Adige or South Tyrol, (also spelled South Tirol), is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two provinces that make up the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, which is itself an autonomous region. The province has an area of 7,400 square kilometres (2,857 sq mi) and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants. Its capital is the city of Bolzano (German: Bozen; Ladin: Balsan or Bulsan). The majority of the population speaks an Austro-Bavarian dialect of German and consider themselves ethnically Tyrolean. About a quarter of the province is Italian-speaking and a small minority speaks Ladin as their mother language. Font: Wikipedia