Structures - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1960 - 1 Shilling

The brand image shows the Mariazell Basilica with its characteristic Gothic central tower and two baroque side towers. In the foreground you can see some of the stalls selling devotional items grouped around the church. According to an ancient tradition, monk Magnus, sent by Abbot Otko of St. Lambrecht in Styria, settled around 1157 in Mariazell to practice the "pastoral care of the shepherd people living there". He built there a small chapel, which is to be regarded as the root of today's large Austrian pilgrimage site and the Basilica of Mariazell. In 1957, in which the 800th anniversary of this place of grace was celebrated, also extensive renovations of the basilica were completed, which are mainly used to secure the building stock. The present-day three-towered, mighty structure, whose length and width are around 85 and 30 meters respectively, and whose dome space is around 40 meters high, dates back to Misox in Grisons, Domenico Sciassia, who executed it from 1644 to 1673. This building had at least two predecessors, a Romanesque, which was begun after a recent inscription on the main portal around the year 1200, and a Gothic, of which the present-day nave with the vestibule, the west portal and the central tower have been preserved despite the generous baroque reconstruction , The special feature of the present stamp, with the same motive already on 22.6.1957 in engraving, on 25.10. Published in 1957 in letterpress and on 19.1.1959 in offset printing, her dedication was a machine brand in the smaller format of the British definitives. It was produced both in rolls of 2000 pieces and in sheets of 100 pieces. Color and paper variants of the roller brand are known.