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.
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
The Church of Our Lady of the Graces is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in Varallo Sesia, province of Vercelli, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was built, together with the adjacent Franciscan convent, by padre Bernardo Caimi between 1486 and 1493. At this time, the construction of the Sacro Monte was also beginning. In December 1931, Pope Pius XI gave the church the title of Minor Basilica.
The inside of the church
"Gaudenzio Ferrari's wall" in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Varallo The scenes: Annunciation, Nativity of Jesus, Adoration of the Magi, Flight into Egypt, Baptism of Jesus, Resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus enters in Jerusalem, Last Supper, Foot washing, Agony in the Gethsemani, Arrest of Jesus, Jesus at Herod's court, Pilate's court, Flagellation of Christ, Pilate washes his hands, Via dolorosa, Preparation of the cross, Lamentation of Christ, Descent in the
Central panel of the Crucifixion by Gaudenzio Ferrari
Wooden statue of the Virgin with baby Jesus standing on her knees