Time Travel

Go back in time and retrace the making of the Sacro Monte di Varallo, from its origins up to today. Over five hundred years the Sacro Monte has grown on itself: some statues have been moved or even destroyed, some chapels have been demolished or annexed to new buildings, but every moment of its history has left traces, which you will discover along this tour.

 

The tour proposes the next stop, but you can always make a detour, and then resume your tour at any time.

 

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36 tappe

Dove ti trovi

mappa
griglia

Scopri subito le tappe del percorso

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Friar Caimi’s dream

The origin: 1483-1493

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Jesus’ tomb is not empty

Almost as in Jerusalem...

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The statues of the Pietà

Immerse yourself in the ancient Sacro Monte

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Statues and drawings

Three hundred years of history in a chapel

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Bethlehem in Varallo

A perfect copy

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The adoration of the shepherds

A copy of Bethlehem

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The Art of Gaudenzio Ferrari

A new narrative technique

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The new Sacro Monte

The project by Galeazzo Alessi

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Adam and Eve

Fashionable architecture for the Sacro Monte

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Snacks are strictly forbidden!

The orders of Bishop Bascapè

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The Masterpiece of Gaudenzio Ferrari

The Crucifixion

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A storyline across the chapels

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The Crucifixion as a model

A well-orchestrated tale

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Step into the crowd

in the squares of Jerusalem

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Pilato’s palace and the Scala Santa (Holy Staircase)

like in Jerusalem

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Palaces and tribunals

A Renaissance city on the Sacro Monte

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Basilica dell’Assunta

A new church on the Sacro Monte

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Portraits of Valsesian people in Heaven

The dome of Dionigi Bussola

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Go down into the Crypt

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The miracle of Ascension

The crypt (scurolo ) and the dome

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The façade of the Basilica

Fireworks, concerts and French fine dining