Marija Bistrica is the most famous Croatian shrine where more than 800,000 pilgrims from all over the world come every year to pray .
This institution was established by the archbishop Stepinac with the explicit task of making holy sites throughout Croatia look their best , especially Marija Bistrica since ‘... of all Marian pilgrimage sites , Croatian faithful adore it most’ .
The most famous Croatian Marian shrine of Bistrica is located 40 km northeast of the capital city of Zagreb , on the northern slopes of Zagrebač ka gora .

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