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"SACRI MONTI" DEL PIEMONTE E DELLA LOMBARDIA

""Sacri Monti" of Piemonte and Lombardia"

The nine Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) of northern Italy are groups of chapels and other architectural features created in the late 16th and 17th centuries and dedicated to different aspects of the Christian faith. In addition to their symbolic spiritual meaning, they are of great beauty by virtue of the skill with which they have been integrated into the surrounding natural landscape of hills, forests and lakes. They also house much important artistic material in the form of wall paintings and statuary.

Inscription on the Unesco World Heritage List: 2003

Criteria for Acceptance into the Unesco World Heritage List
Id. n. 1068rev 2003 C (ii) (iv)

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