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On its site there was originally a heathen shrine which
the Romans later worshipped as an early Christian sanctuary.
A rock source surges here; people ascribed a beneficial
curing power to its waters in case of eye ailments. Since
the 11th century the site has been consecrated to St. Quirin
and since the beginning of the 13th, services have been
held in the two caves of the chapel. The Gothic pilgrimage
chapel, partly hewn in the rock, was erected in 1355, while
the roof and the small belltowers were added afterwards,
at the end of the 19th century.
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