The Mazzucco Sanctuary (Italian santuario del Mazzucco) is a sanctuary devoted to Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and Bernard of Menthon. [1]
Together with the Banchette Sanctuary ( Bioglio), the Brughiera sanctuary ( Trivero) and the Brugarola sanctuary ( Ailoche), it is one of the minor sanctuaries of the Biellese territory, all connected by the ways CoEur - In the heart of European paths and Path of Saint Charles.
Characteristics
The sanctuary is in a beechwood at 919 m altitude in the Camandona municipality. [2]
The building has one aisle and a small belltower and was built in 1662. In the 18th century a portico was added to the façade, above which a hermit lived. The structure was modified during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The main altarpiece is a canvas depicting Saint Anne by Carlo Sogno (1900); the other paintings were made by local artists. The façade was frescoed in 1988 with a representation of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.
Since its foundation this small sanctuary was inhabited by hermits, from the mid-1700s to 1901, when the last hermit died.
The area is surrounded by beeches. In front of the sanctuary there is a fountain, like in all the others sanctuaries of the Biellese territory.
See also
References
- ^ Site of the Comunità montana Valle di Mosso www.valledimosso.it Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Carta tecnica regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Piedmont - 2007
The Mazzucco Sanctuary (Italian santuario del Mazzucco) is a sanctuary devoted to Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and Bernard of Menthon. [1]
Together with the Banchette Sanctuary ( Bioglio), the Brughiera sanctuary ( Trivero) and the Brugarola sanctuary ( Ailoche), it is one of the minor sanctuaries of the Biellese territory, all connected by the ways CoEur - In the heart of European paths and Path of Saint Charles.
Characteristics
The sanctuary is in a beechwood at 919 m altitude in the Camandona municipality. [2]
The building has one aisle and a small belltower and was built in 1662. In the 18th century a portico was added to the façade, above which a hermit lived. The structure was modified during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The main altarpiece is a canvas depicting Saint Anne by Carlo Sogno (1900); the other paintings were made by local artists. The façade was frescoed in 1988 with a representation of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.
Since its foundation this small sanctuary was inhabited by hermits, from the mid-1700s to 1901, when the last hermit died.
The area is surrounded by beeches. In front of the sanctuary there is a fountain, like in all the others sanctuaries of the Biellese territory.
See also
References
- ^ Site of the Comunità montana Valle di Mosso www.valledimosso.it Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Carta tecnica regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Piedmont - 2007