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Sacred Mount Unesco heritage

from the top of Mount Calvario magnificent view of Domodossola and the valley floor

Embraced by the Ossola Alps and picturesque villages with ancient vineyards, the Sacro Monte di Domodossola winds from the village of the same name to the hill of Mattarella. Here, Roman and Lombard finds – including a marble plaque from 539, reused in the walls of the medieval castle destroyed in 1415 – tell of a thousand-year-old past. A UNESCO heritage site along with the other nine sacred mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy, the complex was built in 1657 by order of the Capuchin friars Gioacchino da Cassano and Andrea da Rho.

"Lord Jesus, eternal Word of the Father, you have become silence for us. And in the silence that leads us to your tomb, there is one more word that we want to say to you when we think back to the Way of the Cross that we walked with you: Thank you! Thank you, Lord Jesus, for the gentleness that overthrows arrogance. Thank you for the courage with which you took up the cross. Thank you for the peace that flows from your wounds. Thank you for giving your holy Mother to us as our mother too. Thank you for the love you showed in the face of betrayal. Thank you for turning tears into smiles. Thank you for loving everyone without excluding anyone. Thank you for the hope you pour in in the hour of trial. Thank you for the mercy that heals misery. Thank you for laying aside everything to enrich us. Thank you for transforming the cross into a tree of life. Thank you for the forgiveness you offered to your murderers. Thank you for conquering death. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for the light you have ignited in our nights, for reconciling every separation and thus making us all brothers and sisters, children of the same Father in heaven." (Prayer for the Way of the Cross with the Holy Father, Pope Francis, Good Friday 2023)

A small village above Domodossola that is worth discovering, there are several truly splendid stone houses.

Impressive cobbled path from Sacro Monte Calvario to Domodossola

Here begins the real path to start heading towards Anzuno. Pay attention to the signage, you can't see it right away. From the Calvario car park, get off and take the first paved road on the right towards Crosiggia. Continue to the cemetery, keep right for a few meters and at the first bend you will find the white and red signs on the left indicating the beginning of the path.

The path that you take from Anzuno to complete the ring is one of the funniest and most practicable in the area. Thanks to alternating ups and downs and flat sections in the middle of the woods, it will make you fly.