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La Casa del Mattoは、Colli Verdi地域のOltrepò Paveseのサイクリストの間でよく知られた場所です。

カルミネ峠は、オルトレポ・パヴェーゼで最も古典的でよく走られる登り坂の一つであり、その規則性、長さ、そして美しい自然環境の組み合わせからサイクリストに非常に愛されています。

The patronage of this shrine, dedicated to the Madonna, refers to the town of Loreto. This is one of the great 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 find 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 Anne and Saint Joachim are thus the grandparents of Jesus Christ (their common feast day in the calendar of saints is July 26). Crusaders likely dismantled the venerated building in Nazareth and brought it to Europe when the era of the Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land came to an end towards the end of the 13th century. But this very sober assumption is countered by a much more interesting legend: According to this, four angels carried out the translation and flew the house over the Mediterranean.

A church in the Lombard Gothic style.

Unfortunately, this church of St. James on the Via Francigena was closed.

In the past, the Carmine Pass represented an important crossroads, being at the intersection of some important valleys: Valle Scuropasso, Valle del Ghiaie di Montalto, Val Tidone and Val Coppa.

In the territory of the municipality of Colli Verdi there is the hamlet called Casa del Matto. Most likely the name originates from an event of the past.

Painted on the facade of a stone structure