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is written in the documents - to make an continu- Curiosity: Saint Antonio of Raverso from Lat-
ous miracle, conserving it untouched”. in “rivus inverso”, a course of water situated in
Faith and devotion What a shame! But the memory of the miracle north of the Morain hills.
in Piedmont is alive, because of the Saints of the XIX centu- Inside of the church the frescoes cycle “Imago Pi-
etatis” of Giacomo Jaquerio decorate apse, pres-
ry, who made Piedmont the most “saint” region
3 days of the world (those are don Bosco, Cottolengo, bytery and sacristy. The altar was made precious
Cafasso and ecc), gained inspiration from the
by the polyptych of Defendente Ferrari, commis-
miracle for their Operas, also because the na- sioned on the date 29 of April 1530.
th
1st Day: the places of religiousness in the city tional Eucharistic Congress of 1953 (to which The Sacred of Saint Michele inspired the writer
Umberto Eco in his novel “Il nome della Rosa”.
intervened the future Pope Giovanni XXIII) is or-
of Turin ganized exactly in Turin. Inside the main church of the Sacred, from the XII
Turin is not only the city of Sindone, but is also The cult of the Basilica of Superga is organized by century, are buried members of the king’s family
a city of so many others devotions born in a me- the Order of the Servants of Maria, which is still of Casa Savoia.
dieval era thanks to a series of “miracles”. The today inside the convent.
way happens in the inside of the Quadrilatero, 3 Day: Oropa and its treasures
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the most antique part of the city, to discover the 2 Day: Saint Antonio of Ranverso and the Sa- Oropa, the most important Marian Sanctuary of
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place of the Ostia’s Miracle of Turin, close to the cred of Saint Michele the Alps, is situated at 1200 meters highness, at
house where the Cottolengo started its mission Immersed in the green of alley Francigena, raises only 20 min from the center of Biella.
to help the poor people, the place of the Saint the gothic abbey of Saint Antonio of Ranverso. According the tradition the origin of Sanctuary
Inquisition and the history of the miracle of the It is a fruit of architectonic interventions which should to be collocated in the IV century like an
blind from Briancon, to arrive to San Giovanni Bo- happen from the end of XII until XV century, the opera of S.Eusebio, the first bishop of Vercelli.
sco and the blessed Allamano. complex of the abbey of Saint Antonio of Ranver- The most antique documents, from the 1200s,
The day finishes with the visit of the Basilica of so was built mainly from the church, with a sac- are talking about the sacello where is venerated
Superga. Its interior is decorated of 6 chapels and risty and cloister. the Black Madonna; around it raises the actual
4 altars, the Altar Maggiore too, with statues and Going towards Turin we will visit the Sacred of Basilica and, progressively, all the imposing com-
monuments in marble of Carrara. The interesting Saint Michele, an imposing architectonic com- plex of buildings all to the basilica Superiore, con- 99
things in the interior are the many altar paintings plex of religion from Romanic era and a symbol secrated in the 1960.
and the cupola, inspired of the roman operas of monument of the Piedmont Region. From the
Francesco Borromini. In the Chapel of Voto is high of its towers you can admire the capital of Curiosity: On the top of the monumental com-
conserved the wood statue of Madonna delle Piedmont and a breath-taking landscape of the plex of the Sanctuary is situated the Sacred
Grazie of the XVII century, the same at which Vit- Val di Susa. Mount, a recognized patrimony of the humanity
torio Amedeo II prayed to win the battle. Dedicated to the cult of Arcangelo Michele, a of UNESCO and an Institute Special Reserve of
Curiosity: On the place of the miracle there was defender of the Christian people, the Sacred of the Piedmont Region.
Saint Michele is inserted in the intern of one pil-
raised a column, after was built the actual basili- grimage route of over 2000 km which goes from
ca of Corpus Domini. The host is no longer kept: Mount Saint-Michel, in France, to Mount Saint
it was venerated for 40 years, it was consumed by Angelo in Puglia.
an order of the Saint Seat “for not forcing God - it
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