Sacred way in the moonlight. Sacro Monte di Varese, Italy, UNESCO site

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Sacro Monte di Varese (Sacred mount of Varese) or Santa Maria del Monte, north Italy with the thirteenth chapel and the village illuminated on the left in the distance. The Sacro Monte of Varese is located in the Regional Park Campo dei Fiori, is one of the nine sacri monti (sacred mountains) in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont which were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2003. It has an altitude of 807 metres above sea-level. The old village, with its 14 Chapels winding along a pebbly path of about 2 km, is probably the most fascinating Marian itinerary in the world

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Location: Sacro Monte Varese (Santa Maria del Monte), Italy
Photo credit: © Alessandro Mascheroni / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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