!!!Maria Trost

Maria Trost, Styria, alt. 469 m, a parish and pilgrimage church, 
as well as a Franciscan monastery situated on Purberg Hill above the 
town of Graz; part of the 11%%sup th/%  district of Graz, chapel was 
recognized as an official place of pilgrimage in 1711. According to 
designs by A. Stengg a Baroque pilaster church with a crossing dome 
and a twin-towered façade was erected between 1714 and 1724; 
encircled by monastery walls (Pauline monastery from 1708-1786, since 
then Franciscan monastery); frescoes by L. v. Schram, F. Naher 
and J. B. Scheith; miraculous representation of the Virgin 
(around 1460) originally created in Gothic style, later on redesigned 
in Baroque style; Late Baroque interior.

!Literature
H. Rohrer, Maria Trost bei Graz, 1975.


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