Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy

The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy are since 2003 a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Italy.

The nine Sacri Monti ( Sacred Mountains) of northern Italy are spacious chapel buildings and other places of pilgrimage that were built in the late 16th and 17th centuries on mountains and lakes and were dedicated to each specific aspects of the Christian faith. In addition to their symbolic and spiritual meaning they are well adapted for its beauty and the landscape. They hold numerous works of art, such as paintings and sculptures.

The nine Sacri Monti called:

Sacro Monte di Varallo Sacro Monte di Crea Orta San Giulio Sacro Monte di Varese Varese Sacro Monte di Oropa Sacro Monte di Ossuccio Ossuccio Sacro Monte di Ghiffa Ghiffa Domodossola Sacro Monte di Belmonte Valperga Prascorsano Province of Turin Biella Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park Velia Paestum Cinque Terre Tino (island) Tinetto Caltagirone Noto Militello in Val di Catania Palazzolo Acreide Ragusa, Italy Scicli Ferrara Palazzi dei Rolli Sabbioneta San Gimignano Siena Urbino Vicenza Andrea Palladio Su Nuraxi di Barumini Necropolis of Pantalica Herculaneum Villa Poppaea Trullo Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia Castel del Monte, Apulia Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568-774 A.D.) Brescia Castelseprio (comune) Campello sul Clitunno Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan) Matera Modena Cathedral Modena Orto botanico di Padova Piazza dei Miracoli Pisa Baptistry Ravenna Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Medici villas
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