On our first full day in Austria, we took a tour of Innsbruck. The first place we stopped was the Basilika Maria Empfangnis (also known as the Wiltener Basilica). As I was sitting in a pew in this absolutely gorgeous church, I suddenly remembered that my Grandmother commented about this church in her travel journal while visiting Innsbruck in 1961.
Grandma Theresa wrote in her 1961 travel journal about the church of "Our Dear Lady" in Innsbruck --
"words can't tell you how beautiful it was". Grandma Theresa, you were so right! It was absolutely breathtaking!
Wow, even the organ in this church is majestic. There is a statue of the Blessed Mother (shown in the photo below) that is the reason why people have been making pilgrimages to this church since the Middle Ages.
On the ceiling of this church are murals of the life of the Blessed Mother. Visiting this church was a wonderful way to start off our trip to Austria and Germany.
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