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Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto

Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto

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Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto

Name: Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto
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Location: Varallo, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy

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1. Viewpoint over Lake Orta – Lake Mergozzo loop from Baveno

106km

05:03

1,370m

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2. Walser House – Ponte Fiume Sesia loop from Grignasco

89.6km

03:56

840m

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3. Walser House – View of Varallo loop from Campertogno

78.2km

03:29

760m

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Fabrizio Garofolo

October 27, 2024

A place of worship and prayer.

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JakobusPilger

October 31, 2024

The patronage of this shrine, dedicated to the Madonna, refers to the town of LORETO. This is one of the large and important Marian pilgrimage sites in Europe, along with LOURDES in the French Pyrenees and FATIMA in Portugal. Unlike the other two places mentioned, however, Loreto is not known for apparitions of the Mother of God. Here, pilgrims can show something very tangible: Mary's childhood home in Nazareth (Israel). Her parents - not mentioned by name in the biblical writings of the New Testament - are mentioned in apocryphal traditions: Saint ANNA and Saint JOACHIM are thus the grandparents of Jesus Christ (their common memorial day in the calendar of saints is July 26).
When the time of the Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land came to an end towards the end of the 13th century, crusaders probably dismantled the venerated building in Nazareth and brought it to Europe. But this very sober assumption is contradicted by a much more interesting legend: According to it, four angels carried out the translation and flew the house over the Mediterranean.

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Davide D'Acunto

October 13, 2024

The chapel of the Madonna di Loreto stands in an isolated position upon entering Varallo. It is of particular artistic interest for the elegance of its Renaissance architecture and for the extensive external and internal decorative apparatus. Some of these decorations are the work of Gaudenzio Ferrari, executed between 1514 and 1521.

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Elevation 470 m

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Thursday 15 January

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25 %

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Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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Location: Varallo, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy

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Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto

1. Viewpoint over Lake Orta – Lake Mergozzo loop from Baveno

2. Walser House – Ponte Fiume Sesia loop from Grignasco

3. Walser House – View of Varallo loop from Campertogno

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