A Monte Sacro is a religious complex, characterized by a path of devotion, set in a landscape of great beauty and charm. And 'composed by the unwinding of a series of buildings, rich in pictorial and sculptural images that illustrate, in detail, the theme chosen for the sacred place.
The most common themes are: the passion of Jesus, as in the case of the Sacro Monte di Domodossola, life and the Virgin, to Oropa, Create and Ossuccio, the mysteries of the Rosary, Varese, or the Trinity, Ghiffa, and the lives of some saints, such as St. Francis of Assisi in Sacro Monte di Orta. Chapels are added to the churches and sanctuaries that can accommodate the pilgrims.
built between the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, pilgrims have been created to offer an alternative, safer than travel in the Holy Land, according to well-represented in the case of the Sacred Monte di Varallo in Valsesia, he sees, on top of the hill, an evocation of the city of Jerusalem.
These sites are located between Lombardy and Piedmont, a large development, due to the proximity of these lands to those religione protestante e alla conseguente opera di San Carlo Borromeo e dello spirito della Controriforma da Lui incarnato. Questo non esclude che si trovino testimonianze in tutta Italia e Europa. L’UNESCO ha inserito alcuni di questi luoghi fra “I patrimoni dell’umanità”.
Alcuni Sacri Monti si caratterizzano per la presenza nel luogo di culto di raffigurazioni di “Madonne Nere“che sono considerate fra le immagini più sacre della Chiesa Cattolica. Sono rappresentazioni della Vergine Maria, tradizionalmente attribuite all’apostolo Luca, il cui volto ha un colorito scuro, a volte anche nero.
Legend has it that the first three statues of "Black Madonnas" were brought in Piedmont from Sant 'Eusebio, Bishop of Vercelli ; is interesting to note that the city of Vercelli is placed along "Via Francigena. Tradition has it that these three statues are now venerated in shrines of the sacred mountains of Oropa and Crea, Piedmont and the Cathedral of Cagliari. Another Sacro Monte with a "Black Madonna" is to Varese.
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