Sacro Monte di Ghiffa

The Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Ghiffa, Piedmont, northern Italy, overlooking the Lake Maggiore. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in UNESCO World Heritage list.

It is a stop-over on the CoEur devotional path.

Description

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The dedication to the mystery of the Trinity was influenced by a pre-existing small oratory on Mount Cariago. The panoramic view over the Piedmont side of Lake Maggiore displays a high level of compositional architecture and landscape research. The monumental complex is not homogeneous but remains incomplete and the authors and founders are anonymous. The Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary Crowned was the first to be constructed in 1647. The portico of Via Crucis, erected in the 17th century, underlines the shift from the themes of the Counter Reformation to that of the Passion of Christ.

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External links

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Sacro Monte di Ghiffa
Official web site for European Sacred Mounts (in Italian and English)

v t e The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Ossuccio Varese Belmonte Crea Domodossola Ghiffa Oropa Orta Varallo
Catholicism portal

v t e Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore, Verbano)
Italy Lombardy (Province of Varese) Piedmont (Province of Novara, Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola) Switzerland Ticino (Distretto di Locarno)
Settlements	Angera Arona Ascona Baveno Belgirate Besozzo Brebbia Brezzo di Bedero Brissago Cannero Riviera Cannobio Castelletto sopra Ticino Castelveccana Caviano Dormelletto Germignaga Gerra (Gambarogno) Ghiffa Ispra Laveno-Mombello Leggiuno Lesa Locarno Luino Maccagno Magadino Meina Minusio Monvalle Muralto Oggebbio Piazzogna Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore Porto Valtravaglia Ranco Ronco sopra Ascona San Nazzaro Sant'Abbondio Sesto Calende Stresa Tenero-Contra Tronzano Lago Maggiore Verbania Vira
Islands	Isole Borromee Isola Bella Isola Madre Isola dei Pescatori Isolino di San Giovanni Brissago Islands Isola San Pancrazio Isola Sant’Apollinare Castelli di Cannero Isolino Partegora
Rivers	Boesio Cannobino Giona Maggia Margorabbia San Bernardino Stronetta Ticino Toce Tresa Verzasca
Landmarks	Giardino Botanico Alpinia Sacro Monte di Ghiffa Monte Verità Villa Taranto
Films	The Bishop's Bedroom
People	Arialdo House of Borromeo Piero Chiara Dario Fo Peter Martyr d'Anghiera Vittorio Sereni Cristoforo Solari

v t e World Heritage Sites in Italy
Northwest	Crespi d'Adda Genoa Historic center Ivrea Mantua and Sabbioneta Monte San Giorgio¹ Porto Venere, Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto, Cinque Terre Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes¹ Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
Northeast	Aquileia The Dolomites Ferrara Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene Modena Cathedral, Torre della Ghirlandina and Piazza Grande, Modena Orto botanico di Padova Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles Porticoes of Bologna Ravenna Venice Verona City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Central	Assisi and Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Great Spa Towns of Europe - Montecatini Terme Florence Hadrian's Villa Medici villas Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Pienza Rome² San Gimignano Siena Urbino Val d'Orcia Villa d'Este
South	Alberobello Amalfi Coast Appian Way Castel del Monte, Apulia Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di Padula Herculaneum Oplontis and Villa Poppaea Naples Historic Centre Royal Palace of Caserta, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex Pompeii Sassi di Matera
Islands	Aeolian Islands Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale Archaeological Area of Agrigento Barumini nuraghes Mount Etna Syracuse and Necropolis of Pantalica Val di Noto Villa Romana del Casale
Countrywide	Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.) Brescia Cividale del Friuli Castelseprio Spoleto Temple of Clitumnus located at Campello sul Clitunno Santa Sofia located at Benevento Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo located at Monte Sant'Angelo Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³ Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe⁴ Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries⁵ Bergamo Palmanova Peschiera del Garda
¹ with Switzerland ² with the Holy See ³ with Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, and Switzerland ⁴ with 17 other countries ⁵ with Croatia and Montenegro

v t e CoEur devotional path
Religious sites	Bose Monastic Community San Secondo Santo Stefano di Sessano Sacro Monte di Graglia Sordevolo Passion Play Sanctuary of Oropa Sacro Monte di Oropa Sacro Monte di Andorno Mazzucco Sanctuary Banchette Sanctuary Novareia sanctuary Cavallero sanctuary Moglietti sanctuary Nostra Signora della Brughiera Santuario della Brugarola Sacro Monte di Varallo Santa Maria delle Grazie Basilica di San Giulio Sacro Monte di Orta Sacro Monte di Arona Sancarlone Sacro Monte di Ghiffa Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola Santuario della Madonna della Bocciola Santuario della Madonna del Sangue Madonna della Gurva sanctuary Festa della Santissima Pietà Sanctuary of Madonna del Sasso Madonna del Sasso, Switzerland
Natural reserves	Bolle di Magadino Val Grande National Park Lagoni di Mercurago Natural Park Monte Fenera Natural Park Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero Natural Park Alta Valle Antrona Natural Park Fondo Toce Natural Reserve Parco Burcina Natural Reserve Bessa Natural Reserve Sacro Monte di Varallo Natural Reserve Oasi Zegna
Connected ways	Via Francigena Camino de Santiago Path of Saint Charles International Frassati Path of Pollone

45°57′49″N 8°36′54″E / 45.96361°N 8.61500°E / 45.96361; 8.61500

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States