Marija Bistrica Church

Zagorje


Marija Bistrica Church contains a wooden Gothic statue of the Black Madonna created in the 15th century. The statue’s alleged miraculous power dates back to the 16th-century Turkish invasions, when it was saved from destruction. It was supposedly further proven when a disastrous 1880 fire destroyed everything but the statue.


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