오르타 산 줄리오 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Climbing the hill is worth the effort.

Nice

Nice

Beautiful walking route

From the outside, the church appears inconspicuous, only inside does the full splendour of this church reveal itself

a nice quiet place to take a little trip

Simply beautiful here 🤩☀️

Chiesa di San Nicolao, Sacro Monte di Orta The church of San Nicolao. On the top of the Selva di San Nicolao, since the beginning of Christianity, there stood the church of the same name, the oldest parish in the entire Eastern Riviera. According to tradition, it was founded around the tenth century by monks dependent on the Abbey of St. Gall. The church has undergone several transformations. The simulacrum, in Byzantine style, is carved in wood and dates back to the ninth century. The paintings on the sides of the main altar and the balustrade are by Cantalupi and depict some Franciscan saints. The altarpieces on the sides of the church are worth seeing: on the right, the Busca of the Virgin and Child in S. Felice da Cantalcino (ca. 1640), on the left, St. Francis receiving the Child from the hands of the Madonna, painted by Rocca around 1640. The pronaos was built in 1926. The monks did not always live on the Holy Mountain, as they were expelled for the first time in 1810 at the behest of Napoleon; in 1817 the Friars Minor returned there and were expelled by the Piedmontese government in 1866. The monastery was then used as a residence. In 1896, however, at the behest of some benefactors, the hospice was built next to the church, which is now inhabited by religious. Text / Source: Comune Orta San Giulio Via Bossi n.11, 28016 ORTA SAN GIULIO (NO) https://www.comune.ortasangiulio.no.it/Guidaalpaese?IDPagina=56560&IDCat=8746