Sacri Monti
| Sacri Monti in Piedmont and Lombardy | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| The Sacro Monte di Oropa in Biella |
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| National territory: |
 Italy
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (ii) (iv) |
| Surface: | 90.5 ha |
| Buffer zone: | 721.9 ha |
| Reference No .: | 1068 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2003 (session 27) |
The Sacri Monti ( Sacred Mountains ) in Piedmont and Lombardy are nine extensive chapels and other pilgrimage sites that were built on mountains and lakes in the late 16th and 17th centuries and each dedicated to certain aspects of the Christian faith. In addition to their symbolic and spiritual significance, they are of great beauty and well adapted to the landscape. They contain numerous works of art, such as paintings and sculptures. The Sacri Monti have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Italy since 2003 .
The world cultural heritage
The nine Sacri Monti of the World Heritage are called:
| No. | Sacro Monte | Place / Province / Location | description | image |
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| 1 | Sacro Monte di Varallo |
Varallo Sesia province of Vercelli location |
Work on Sacro Monte began in 1497, making it the oldest of its kind. By 1650, the complex was largely complete. The Sacro Monte consists of 45 sacred buildings. |
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| 2 | Sacro Monte di Crea |
Ponzano Monferrato Serralunga di Crea Province of Alessandria Location |
1589 |
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| 3 | Sacro Monte di Orta |
Orta San Giulio province of Novara location |
1590 |
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| 4th | Sacro Monte di Varese |
Varese ( Province of Varese ) location |
1598 |
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| 5 | Sacro Monte di Oropa |
Biella , district of Oropa Province of Biella location |
1617; old and new pilgrimage basilica |
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| 6th | Sacro Monte di Ossuccio |
Ossuccio Province of Como location |
1635 |
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| 7th | Sacro Monte di Ghiffa |
Ghiffa Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Location |
1591 |
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| 8th | Sacro Monte di Domodossola |
Domodossola Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Location |
1657 |
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| 9 | Sacro Monte di Belmonte |
Valperga , Cuorgnè , Pertusio and Prascorsano metropolitan city of Turin location |
1712 |
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More Sacri Monti
- In Ticino , Switzerland, there are the Sacro Monte von Brissago (built 1767–1774) and the Madonna del Sasso above Locarno (built 1616–1677), which actually belong to the Sacri Monti, but not yet a World Heritage Site.
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Sacro Monte di Varallo in Varallo Sesia , ( VB ) | Sacro Monte di Crea in Ponzano Monferrato and Serralunga di Crea , ( AL ) | Sacro Monte d'Orta in Orta San Giulio , ( NO ) | Sacro Monte di Varese in Varese , ( VB ) | Sacro Monte di Oropa in Oropa , ( BI ) | Sacro Monte di Ossuccio in Ossuccio , ( CO ) | Sacro Monte di Ghiffa in Ghiffa , ( VB ) | Sacro Monte di Domodossola in Domodossola , ( VB ) | Sacro Monte di Belmonte in Valperga , Cuorgnè , Pertusio and Prascorsano ( TO )
Historic city centers:
Assisi (with basilica , Sacro Convento and memorials of St. Francis) (2000) |
Florence (1982) |
Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008) |
Naples (1995) |
Pienza (1996) |
Rome (1980) |
San Gimignano (1990) |
Siena (1995) |
Urbino (1998) |
Verona (2000) |
Vicenza (with Palladio's villas in Veneto) (1994)
Buildings:
Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale (2015) |
Padua Botanical Garden (1997) |
Castel del Monte (1995) |
Crespi d'Adda (1995) | Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996) |
Modena Cathedral , Bell Tower and Piazza Grande (1997) |
Strade Nuove and Palazzi dei Rolli in Genoa (2006) |
Ivrea , industrial city of the 20th century (2018) |
Centers of Power of the Lombards (2011) |
18th century palace of Caserta with park , the Vanvitelli aqueduct and San Leucio (1997) |
Piazza del Duomo in Pisa (1987) |
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997) |
Sacri Monti in Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) |
Santa Maria delle Grazie with Leonardo da Vinci's “Last Supper” in Milan (1980) | The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera (1993) |
Trulli of Alberobello (1996) |
Villa d'Este in Tivoli (2001) |
Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany (2013) |
Venetian Defense System of the 16th to 17th Centuries (2017)
Archaeological sites:
Agrigento (1997) |
Aquileia (with Basilica of the Patriarch ) (1998) | Etruscan necropolis of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004) |
Valcamonica rock art (1979) |
Pompeii , Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997) |
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps (2011) |
Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997) |
Syracuse and the rock necropolis of Pantalica (2005) |
Villa Adriana (1999) |
Villa Romana del Casale (1997)
Cultural and natural landscapes:
Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe (2017, N) |
Amalfi Coast (1997, K) |
Aeolian Islands (2000, N) |
Etna (2013, N) |
Cilento and Vallo di Diano with Elea , Paestum and the Charterhouse of Padula (1997, K) |
Dolomites (2009, N) |
Ferrara and the Po Delta (1995, K) |
Monte San Giorgio (2010, N) |
Portovenere and Cinque Terre with the islands of Palmaria , Tino and Tinetto (1997, K) |
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina landscape (2008, K) |
Late baroque towns in Val di Noto (2002, K) |
Val d'Orcia (2004, K) |
Venice and its lagoon (1987, K) | Wine-growing regions in Piedmont: Langhe , Roero and Monferrato (2014, K)
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