Angol leírás, sztori

The Madonna statue of the facade above the main entrance of the basilica is the copy the gothic wooden sculpture of the main altar of the church. The wooden sculpture originally stood in the chapel of the Esterházy family in the Forchenstein Castle, from where Pál Esterházy (1635-1713) transferred it in 1661 to the Franciscan Church he rebuilt. The story of the statue was written by Pál Esterházy in his "A Short Description of the Pictures of the Blessed Virgin all over the World..." published in 1690. Just like the wooden sculpture, the 1240 year can be read on the base of the stone copy.