Sacro Monte di Ossuccio
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The Sanctuary atop its crag, as depicted in a fresco in Capella XIV

The Sacro Monte di Ossuccio (literally ‘Sacred Mount of Ossuccio’) is one of the nine sacri monti in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont which were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2003.

The devotional complex is sited on a prealpine crag some 200 metres above the western shore Lake Como, facing Isola Comacina and some 25 km from the city of Como. Surrounded by olive groves and woodland, it is quite isolated from other buildings. The fourteen chapels, constructed between 1635 and 1710 in the typical Baroque style reflecting the Counter Reformation ethos of the sacre monte movement, are joined by a path which leads up to a pre-existing sanctuary of 1532 placed on the summit and dedicated to La Beata Vergine del Soccorso.

Chapel I. The annunciation.

Chapel V. The disputation between Jesus and the doctors in the temple.

The path leading from chapel to chapel.

References

• This article was initially translated from the Wikipedia article Sacro Monte di Ossuccio, specifically from this version.

External links

• Offical site (Italian)
• Sacro Monte di Ossuccio at SacriMonti.net (English)

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