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Third Chapel of the Sacro Monte of Varese: The Nativity

Third Chapel of the Sacro Monte of Varese: The Nativity

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Third Chapel of the Sacro Monte of Varese: The Nativity

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Location: Varese, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Sacro Monte di Varese pilgrimage trail (via Route 301)

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Historic pilgrimage trail through fourteen ornate chapels with frescoes ending at a fortress viewpoint.

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2. Monte Tre Croci – View of Santa Maria del Monte loop from Sant'Ambrogio

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3. Mount Three Crosses – View of Santa Maria del Monte loop from Velate

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Andy 🚴‍♂️🥾🧗🏻☕️

April 7, 2024

Construction of the chapel began in 1605.
The Ticino artist Martino Retti is the author of the sculptures of John the Baptist and Zacharias in the niches of the porch.
The statues of the scene in the interior have recently been attributed to Marco Antonio Prestinari (around 1615), brother of Cristoforo. He had already worked on the sculptural group on the Monte, which is kept in the oratory of the Immaculate Conception.
The frescoes by Carlo
Francesco Nuvolone (1658) represent the Adoration of the Magi, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Massacre of the Innocents, the Preparation for the Flight into Egypt and the Annunciation of the Angel to Joseph, while the quadrature paintings are the work of the Varese painter Francesco Villa.
On the external wall, in 1983,
Renato Guttuso painted the Flight into Egypt.

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April 23, 2024

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Third Chapel of the Sacro Monte of Varese: The Nativity

1. Sacro Monte di Varese pilgrimage trail (via Route 301)

2. Monte Tre Croci – View of Santa Maria del Monte loop from Sant'Ambrogio

3. Mount Three Crosses – View of Santa Maria del Monte loop from Velate

Other Popular Places to Check Out

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