Tarnowice Stare Castle, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland

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Wieskirche

The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.

The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.

The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.

Ingrid Maltir (2 years ago)
Not much to see and everything must go in a hurry

jose-manuel de sousa (3 years ago)
Nice hotel and castel attached to it.

Krzysztof Grunert (5 years ago)
The staff is welcoming and friendly. The place is great.rebuilt from scratch. Lots of history. But don't to a restaurant for coffee. cold and bad.

Pigull (5 years ago)
Nice

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