Šaštín is known in Slovakia and abroad primarily as a place of pilgrimage, where people from a wide area used to gather for the statue of the Virgin Mary. After a canonical examination, the statue of the Virgin Mary in Šaštín was declared miraculous, which was also confirmed by a decree of Pope Urban VIII. In 1733, the statue was given to the Paulines, who decided to build a pilgrimage church and monastery in the village. In 1964, Pope Paul VI. he promoted the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows to a minor basilica - the first in Slovakia. Together with the monastery complex is
Šaštín is known in Slovakia and abroad primarily as a place of pilgrimage, where people from a wide area used to gather for the statue of the Virgin Mary. After a canonical examination, the statue of the Virgin Mary in Šaštín was declared miraculous, which was also confirmed by a decree of Pope Urban VIII. In 1733, the statue was given to the Paulines, who decided to build a pilgrimage church and monastery in the village. In 1964, Pope Paul VI. he promoted the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows to a minor basilica - the first in Slovakia. Together with the monastery complex is