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The Coronation of the Vergin Mary or Chapel of Heaven
The chapel, the first to be built in 1617, was located in a scenic position on top of the Oretto hill. It was funded by the City of Biella and completed in the decade after the plague described by Manzoni.The group of 156 statues was created between 1633 and 1639 by Giovanni d’Enrico and his assistant Giacomo Ferro. It is a masterpiece representing the Holy Virgin, the Trinity, and the Angels, which play original instruments of the time or accurate replica in wood or plaster. There is also Adam and Eve and several saints. The frescoes, by Giuseppe Antonio Genta Vimercato (1708) were completed by Pietro Giuseppe Auregio with redecorations by Serafino Novelli.