Sacro Monte di Crea
The Sacro Monte di Crea belongs to the Italian Sacri Monti ("holy mountains"). The chapels on the hills of Monferrat , originally dedicated to depictions of the life of Our Lady , are arranged on a devotional path that starts in front of the church and reaches its destination in the Paradise Chapel.
The Sacro Monte di Crea was built from 1589 at the instigation of the Franciscan Costantino Massino on the site of a sanctuary, in which the Virgin Mary was venerated since early Christian times; the establishment of that place of pilgrimage is in the tradition of St. Attributed to Eusebius von Vercelli , from whom the statue of the Virgin Mary is said to come from, which is located on the Sacro Monte di Crea. The chapels were structurally changed several times and in 1820 they were fundamentally restored after being partially destroyed.
Paradise Chapel
Pilgrimage church on the Sacro Monte di Crea
Fresco by Guglielmo Caccia on the ceiling of Chapel XVII with a scene from the Old Testament
View of individual chapels
Angel figure
See also
Web links
- Sacro Monte di Crea (German)
- www.parks.it - website of the nature park (Italian, English, German)
- MonferratoArte: Crea historical-bibliographical directory of architects, painters, sculptors and artisans who worked in the extra-urban churches in the diocese of Casale Monferrato. (Italian)
Coordinates: 45 ° 5 ′ 41 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 11 ″ E
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 )