Sanctuary of Oropa.
The Sanctuary of Oropa (Italian: santuario di Oropa) is a group of Roman Catholic buildings and structures in Oropa, frazione of the municipality of Biella, Italy. It is located at a height of 1,159 metres in a small valley of the Alpi Black Madonna of Oropa, is a darkened wood pigmented statue of the Madonna and 800,000 pilgrims and one-hundred pilgrimages visit the sanctuary each year.[3] According to the popular tradition, the town of Biella made a vow during the 17th century plague and its inhabitants were spared by the infection. Following this grace, the town does a pilgrimage every year to the sanctuary in order to thank the Virgin Mary. The evocative and ancient pilgrimage from Fontainemore to Oropa takes place every five more :
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