| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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(mär ´´äts l´) (KEY) , town, Styria prov., E central Austria. It is a winter and summer resort. Chiefly noted as a place of pilgrimage, it is famous for its 12th-century wood carving of the Virgin and Child, which draws thousands of pilgrims annually. |
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