 Sacro Monte di Varallo - Reviews from across the web
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Sacro Monte di Varallo Sesia Photo Gallery by carlocolombo at pbase.com
From Unesco website : .... are groups of chapels and other architectural features created in the late 16th and 17th centuries and dedicated to different aspects of the Christian faith. In addition to their symbolic spiritual meaning, they are of great beauty by virtue of the skill with which they ha...
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Piemonte Emozioni - Culture - Religious buildings - Sacro Monte di Varallo
The Basilica dell’Assunta was built between 1641 and 1728 and completed with the construction of the facade in 1891-96. The interior has a single nave surmounted by a grandiose cupola. There is a lavish main altar by Benedetto Alfieri, and in the crypt, also by Alfieri, is the statue of the &q...
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Riserva del Sacro Monte di Varallo - Official pages
in Piedmont. It is made up of 50 Chapels, some of which are isolated, while others are part of monumental groups. They are rich in more than 800 life-size wooden and multicoloured terracotta statues. They represent the life, the Passion, and the death of Christ. From this natural terrace visitors ca...
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Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Work began on the Sacro Monte di Varallo in 1486 by the Franciscan Padre Bernardino Caimi. When he returned from the Holy Land he thought of recreating, on the cliffs overlooking the town of Varallo, the places where Christ had lived. The project was successful thanks to assistance from the people o...
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