⛪ Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Nine UNESCO-listed devotional complexes in northern Italy
📋 Fast Facts
- Nine separate Sacri Monti distributed across Piedmont and Lombardy, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003
- Built primarily in the late 16th and 17th centuries in Mannerist and Baroque styles
- Together comprise approximately 139 chapels and numerous basilicas, churches, and devotional structures
- Founded to recreate sacred landscapes of the Holy Land for pilgrims unable to travel to Palestine
The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy constitute a network of nine distinct devotional complexes built across northern ...