Sacro Monte di Varallo
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The Sacred Mountain of Varallo is a Sacro Monte overlooking the town of Varallo Sesia in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the oldest Sacro Monte, founded in 1491 by Franciscan friar Bernardino Caimi. It is built on a natural terrace on the rocky slopes of Monte Tre Croci, on the left bank of the Sesia river where it leaves Val Mastallone. It is 600 m above sea level, 150 m above the historic centre of Varallo.
Façade of the basilica
Giovanni d' Enrico, Ecce Homo (detail of the crowd calling for crucifixion), 1608–9
Tabacchetti and Giovanni d'Enrico, Christ on the Road to Calvary, 1599–1600
Unknown Master, Last Supper (detail); wood statues, ca. 1500–1505
Gaudenzio Ferrari
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Gaudenzio Ferrari was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance.
Glory of Angels, in Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
Gaudenzio Ferrari, Crucifixion, 1513, fresco, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Varallo
Santa Caterina d'Alessandria's martyrdom, Brera