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Hemmaberg#

Hemmaberg Mountain, Carinthia, 842 m, the holy mountain of the Jauntal valley, former Celtic-Roman mountain settlement of Juenna, west of Globasnitz. Most important excavation site of early Christianity in Austria. In the fortification from the late Antiquity 5 churches and an octagonal baptistery from the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. have been excavated. Preserved parts of the tessellated floors exhibited in the museum of Globasnitz. The unique early-Christian church complex on the Hemmaberg may have served as a place of pilgrimage. Northwest of the antique buildings, St. Hemma late-Gothic pilgrimage church (first documented mention 1498-1519), Baroque interior, Baroque St. Rosalia chapel (late 17th  century). St. Rosalia grotto below the church. Pilgrimage: June 27 (St. Hemma Day).

Literature#

F. Glaser, das fruehchristl. Pilgerheiligtum auf dem Hemmaberg, 1991; annual excavation reports by F. Glaser in the magazines Carinthia and Mitteilungen zur Fruehchristlichen Archaeologie in Oesterreich.

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