[1] The pilgrimage church stands prominently on top of the Purberg hill (469 m) in the northeast of Graz.

Two front towers (61 m) and a dome, visible from a great distance, are the characteristic attributes of the church, which is enclosed by two projecting wings of a former monastery once occupied by the Pauline Fathers (1708–86) and later by the Franciscans (1842–1996).

The frescoes on the ceiling by Lukas von Schram and Johann Baptist Scheidt are of particular importance.

[1] The main altar includes a statue of the Madonna originally created in the Gothic period around 1465, but altered to the Baroque style in 1695 by Bernhard Echter.

[2] Father David Bauer, a Canadian ice hockey coach and Basilian priest, attracted a following while coaching in Austria and conducted mass on several occasions at the basilica.