Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola information

The Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola (also known as Sacro Monte Calvario) is a Roman Catholic sanctuary on the Mattarella Hill, overlooking Domodossola...

Domodossola (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdɔmoˈdɔssola]; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont...

Monte di Oropa (literally Sacred Mount of Oropa) was built not far from the sanctuary. It is a devotional path now composed of twelve chapels (plus another...

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, including to Monte Calvario; to the 9th, 10th, and 15th chapels of Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola; to the 13th...

cantons of (Uri and Graubünden). This path connects Domodossola and Baceno with the Swiss town Ernen along ancient mule tracks. From Domodossola the way...

2013. "Mount Etna". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013. "Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont:...

The Sacred Mountain of Varallo (Italian: Sacro Monte di Varallo) is a Sacro Monte ("sacred mountain", a type of mountainside Christian devotional complex)...

chapel at the bottom of the left aisle, above the altar there is the beautiful wooden group representing the Calvary with the statues of the Virgin Mary,...

an area of about 100 square kilometers. Established in 1993, its roots date back to the 1930s by entrepreneur Ermenegildo Zegna, founder of the Zegna...

(literally: "Sacred Mountain of Orta") is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Orta San Giulio (Piedmont, northern Italy) on the summit of a hill...

the north of Italy, at the border with Switzerland. It is most notable for landscapes of the High Alps. The park is located in Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...

(literally ‘Sacred Mount of Oropa’) is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the province of Biella, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is one of the nine Sacri...

archbishop of Milan. According to sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi "The statue of St. Charles Borromeo is the first known example of a statue of repousse...

He visited several communities during this time, including Tamié Abbey, Mount Athos, and the Ecumenical Taizé Community. He was also friends with Cardinal...

m height, in the Madonna del Sasso municipality. From the square in front of the church, called "the Cusio's balcony", there is a great view on the lake...

part of the Sacri Monti built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is located in the territory of the town of Arona, province of Novara, region of Piedmont...

characterised by the widest lake's rushes, very important for the reproduction of fishes and migratory birds. The Great cormorants sleep here by the river and...

Santuario della Brugarola is a sanctuary in Ailoche, Province of Biella in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was built in 1722 and dedicated to the Madonna...

1980 with a law of the Piedmont Region Government. It is located within the municipalities of Pollone and Biella. The Municipality of Biella owns almost...

village of Campiglia Cervo, at an altitude of 1020 meters. It is the only sanctuary devoted to Saint John in Italy and probably in Europe. The origins of the...

The Path of Saint-Charles (Cammino di San Carlo) is an historical, artistic and devotional route which follows the travels of saint Charles Borromeo from...

Monte (Ghiffa). Sacro Monte di Ghiffa Official web site for European Sacred Mounts (in Italian and English) 45°57′49″N 8°36′54″E / 45.96361°N 8.61500°E...

of the Alpe Veglia at an altitude of 1750 m. It was 4120 hectares wide including the municipalities of Varzo and Trasquera, adjoining the Canton of Valais...

Bernard of Menthon. Together with the Banchette Sanctuary (Bioglio), the Brughiera sanctuary (Trivero) and the Brugarola sanctuary (Ailoche), it is one of the...