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    The Sacred Mountain of Varallo (Italian: Sacro Monte di Varallo) is a Sacro Monte ("sacred mountain", a type of mountainside Christian devotional complex)...
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    The Sacro Monte di Varallo Natural Reserve, that includes the wood around the Sacro Monte di Varallo, was established in 1980 in the Piedmont region. The...
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  • Naturale Calderini. About 150 metres (490 ft) above the town the Sacro Monte di Varallo is one of the most famous Piedmontese pilgrimage sites, and the...
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    The Sacro Monte di Arona, devoted to Charles Borromeo, is part of the Sacri Monti built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is located in the territory...
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  • Jerusalem" built in the neighbourhood was famous thanks to the Sacro Monte di Varallo. Don Andrea Velotti, the parish priest of Graglia had this idea...
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    of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola The Sacro Monte of Belmonte, Valperga (1712), Metropolitan City of Turin Sacro Monte di Varallo. Gaudenzio Ferrari, Statue of...
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    Sacro Monte di Varallo Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola San Vivaldo Monastery in Montaione Sacro Monte di Orta Sacro Monte di Varese Sacro Monte di...
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    Rocca Paolina, remodelling Loggia at the Oratorio di S. Angelo della Pace S. Maria del Popolo (Camera di Commercio) Loggia for the Palazzo dei Priori, remodelling...
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    the cultivation of rice. In 2003, UNESCO added the Sacred Mountain of Varallo to the World Heritage List. Other historical sights include the Basilica...
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    work at the Sacro Monte di Varallo. By 1513, Gaudenzio had depicted the life of Christ in a fresco at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Varallo Sesia. He returned...
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