Everything about The Sacro Monte Di Crea totally explained
The
Sacro Monte di Crea (literally ‘Sacred Mountain of Crea’, although it's built on a hill rather than a mountain) is a
Roman Catholic sanctuary in the
comune of
Serralunga di Crea,
Piedmont, northern Italy. It is reached via a steeply ascending route which winds through a wooded natural park, whose flora where catalogued by the
Casalese photographer and polymath
Francesco Negri.
Construction began in 1589, around an existing sanctuary dedicated to the
Virgin Mary whose creation is traditionally attributed to Saint
Eusebius of Vercelli, around 350 AD. Eusebius is also said to have installed the statue of the Madonna which is still venerated in the sanctuary.
The
chapels dedicated to the Mysteries of the
Rosary were positioned around the one thousand year old Marian
sanctuary on the highest of the hills of
Basso Monferrato . As time passed the initial scheme of the monumental layout was altered on a number of occasions and in 1820 significant restoration work began after its partial destruction.
Gallery
Image:Sacro Monte di crea. Cappella del Paradiso2.JPG|View of the "Paradise Chapel"
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. Affresco.JPG|Guglielmo Caccia, called "il Moncalvo", Fresco on the ceiling of chapel XVII, scene of a banquet told by the Old Testament
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. Angelo.JPG|Antonio Brilla, The finding of the empty tomb of Christ, 1889
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. Cappella.JPG|View of a chapel
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. Cappella3.JPG|View of a chapel
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. Cappella4.JPG|View of the park during wintertime
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. Figura1.JPG|Antonio Brilla, The finding of the empty tomb of Christ, 1889
Image:Sacro Monte di Crea. L'incoronazione di Maria.JPG|Sacro Monte di Crea
Clay statues of the "Paradise Chapel", detail of The Crowning of the Virgin
Further Information
Get more info on 'Sacro Monte Di Crea'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://sacro_monte_di_crea.totallyexplained.com">Sacro Monte di Crea Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
