Gotischer Lichtpfeiler

The Gothic Lichtpfeiler in Maria Saal’s churchyard is a 15th-century votive light pillar, one element in a churchyard that is itself layered with Roman tombstones embedded in the church exterior and medieval grave markers. Maria Saal, 8 km north of Klagenfurt, is Carinthia’s mother church, the earliest center of Christianity in the region, built on the site of a Roman sanctuary above the ruins of the city of Virunum. Free and always accessible. By bus or car from Klagenfurt. The Roman reliefs on the church exterior are worth reading closely.