The Vinagora Church is considered by some to be the most unusual and demanding Baroque architectural endeavor in Hrvatsko Zagorje. This area belonged to the Veliki Tabor manor of the Ratkaj family, and has been a wine-growing region since ancient times. Hence the name Vinagora (Wine Hill). Already in the 16^th century, a statue of Mary stood on the top of the Vinagora hill, which was called the Mother of God of Vinagora. In the break between jobs, the workers came before it to pray and rest. People from more distant places and from higher classes began to come to pray and worship the Mother of God of Vinagora. Word soon spread of her miracles. The Ratkaj family built a chapel and put a statue of the Mother of God inside. Word of the miraculous statue and the new Marian shrine spread far beyond Zagorje, in Styria, Prekomurje and Zagreb, and the church was named the Church of Mary of the Visitation.