Sacro Monte of Varese Sacred mount of Varese with the holy road that leads to medieval village in the background, with the eleventh chapel. The Sacro Monte of Varese or Santa Maria del Monte is located in the Regional Park Campo dei Fiori, is one of the nine sacri monti sacred mountains in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont which were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2003. It has an altitude of 807 metres above sea-level. The old village, with its 14 Chapels winding along a pebbly path of about 2 km, is probably the most fascinating Marian itinerary in the world. Summer landscape at sunset
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