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Alt\u00f6tting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Italy 2012 \u2013 2 x 60&#8242;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the TV series <em>I Grandi Santuari d\u2019Europa<\/em> (The Great Sanctuaries in Europe) this documentary tells the story and the extraordinary devotional experience of the Marianic Sanctuary Alt\u00f6tting in Bavaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This place is the most important shrine in the German speaking countries and Pope Benedict XVI, who originates from the nearby village of Marktl am Inn, describes it as: \u00abthe heart of Bavaria and one of the hearts of Europe\u00bb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the interviewees are the Bishop, the principal and the two Friars Guardian, as well as pilgrims, sacristans, musicians, administrative officers and peasants, all united by a simple and firm devotion to the Black Virgin of Alt\u00f6tting, whose wooden statue is to be found in the medieval octagonal building of the minute Chapel of Grace and is visited each year by millions of devotees from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary is split in two parts of an hour\u2019s length each and was produced by Pupi Avati\u2019s Duea Film for the Italian channel TV2000; Alpenway Media GmbH contributed on spot as Production Service Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A film by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alessandro Melazzini<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dueafilm.it\/\">Duea Film<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tv2000.it\/\">TV2000<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.423902234330189.121002.135992139787868&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\">Making of pictures<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoetting.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alt\u00f6tting\u2019s Website<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story and the devotional experience of the Marianic Sanctuary Alt\u00f6tting in Bavaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filme"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Great Sanctuaries in Europe. 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