Maria Saal - Pilgrimage Church

The twin-towered church was built in the Gothic style in the first half of the 15th C. on the foundations of a Roman basilica, and was remodeled during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The church and cemetery are surrounded by a defensive wall. The church possesses a west facade with twin towers. On the south wall are some fine old gravestones, including Gothic stones of red Adnet marble; particularly worthy of mention are the Keutschach Epitaph (16th C.) depicting the Coronation of Our Lady, and a Roman stone relief of a post wagon (third or fourth C. A.D.). In front of the south doorway stands a Late Gothic "lantern of the dead". Note also the finely proportioned octagonal Romanesque charnel house, surrounded by a frescoed arcade of about 1500. The three aisled Late Gothic hall church has a fan vaulted roof, and the varied yet harmonious whole has a marked effect on anyone visiting it.