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Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Guard
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Raffaele Satta Boelle81🚵🏃🚶
May 26, 2024
Mountain biking
Whoever climbs up from the mountain, in addition to the beech trees, catches the eye of the suggestive chapel of the Madonna della Guardia.
It is a stone building, with Romanesque lines, very well maintained.
Among the religious festivals that mark, during the year, moments long awaited by the entire community, we remember, in particular, the Madonna della Guardia on Mount Barigazzo (29 August).
The meeting place on Monte Barigazzo (which in the past could be reached on foot) still represents the highlight of the summer, also because family groups from Gravago, Tosca, Mariano and elsewhere converge there.
It is a stone building, with Romanesque lines, very well maintained.
Among the religious festivals that mark, during the year, moments long awaited by the entire community, we remember, in particular, the Madonna della Guardia on Mount Barigazzo (29 August).
The meeting place on Monte Barigazzo (which in the past could be reached on foot) still represents the highlight of the summer, also because family groups from Gravago, Tosca, Mariano and elsewhere converge there.
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Michele Pelacci
March 20, 2022
Road cycling
The Sanctuary of the Madonna della Guardia is a suggestive church located not far from the top of Mount Barigazzo. It represents one of the highest places of worship in the whole valley. The road to reach it is unpaved in the final part.
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Andrea G
April 16, 2023
Hiking
During the Second World War this "Chapel" gave shelter to the partisans who chose this place as their headquarters, enjoying a privileged position between the Taro and Ceno valleys.
In 1945, once the war was over, many, in order to fulfill their vows to the Madonna, thought of expanding her chapel, and so in 1946 the work was carried out, transforming the chapel into the current Sanctuary.
In 1945, once the war was over, many, in order to fulfill their vows to the Madonna, thought of expanding her chapel, and so in 1946 the work was carried out, transforming the chapel into the current Sanctuary.
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