Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)

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SIGHTSEEING

FEAST DAYS OF THE VIRGIN MARY

At the beginning of the 20th century

Along the path leading from the town towards the church there is a row of columns with picture insets. They were built with the donation of a widow in 1738. The place of pilgrimage in Máriavölgy again served as a model for them. Originally the pictures depicted the seven sorrows and seven joys of the Virgin Mary, but later they were replaced by the Mysteries of the Rosary. The regular renovation of the paintings and the buildings is financed by the grants of pious families and villages who come here on pilgrimage. During the latest renovation András

The open-air altar

Manajlo's paintings were placed here.The columns (or Bildstocks in German), which are especially widespread in German territories, are called "kápolna" (chapel) in Hungarian, this is why the present name of the place is "Hétkápolna" (Seven Chapels).

Since 1815 Seven Chapels Church has been an official place of pilgrimage in the Diocese of Vác, its feast day being Mary's name day. On the Sunday nearestto 12 September pilgrims arrive from distant parts of the country even today. The configuration of the shrine and the open-air altar both serve the