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Monumental Cemetery of Oropa

Monumental Cemetery of Oropa

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Monumental Cemetery of Oropa

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Location: Biella, Piedmont, Italy

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1. Santuario di Oropa da Andrate – loop tour

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2. Oropa Sanctuary – Pantani mountain - climb of Oropa loop from Biella Piazzo

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3. Andrate – Oropa Sanctuary loop from Andrate

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Federica

June 12, 2023

The monumental cemetery of Oropa is unique in its kind, so much so that it has earned the name of "forest cemetery". The alpine environment blends incredibly with the area of monuments, which take on unique characteristics here. Tombs like small mountain chalets, with wooden and stone roofs and external plaster. Definitely worth a visit if you are a fan of the genre.

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JakobusPilger

September 27, 2024

"Death is not the end, but only a very specific end: the end of a first, provisional period of life and the beginning of a new era that will never end. Jesus said: 'My kingdom is not of this world'. So there is another world. Not only his disciples believed in this other world, but also his opponents. The doctor of the law, for example, asks him what he must do 'to gain eternal life'. (...) Precisely because it lasts forever, this life is so precious that everything ... of the present world pales in comparison to it." (Text by Albino Luciani / Pope John Paul I)

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Stefano Fumagalli

May 2, 2023

In 1884 the Biellese statesman Quintino Sella died and for his burial the engineer Carlo Maggia built a pyramid. The monument, built in 1885 with blocks of local syenite, was located outside the cemetery, in the middle of a beech forest. Very soon, following the example of Sella, many important people decided to build a funeral chapel for themselves and their families in the same wood. So in 1888 a real "forest cemetery" was inaugurated.

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Monumental Cemetery of Oropa

1. Santuario di Oropa da Andrate – loop tour

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