Sacro Monte di Orta
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The Sacred Mountain of Orta was built as an expression of community will on the summit of Mount San Nicolao overlooking Orta in 1583. The project by the Capuchin friar, Cleto da Castelletto Ticino, involved 36 chapels of which only 20 were constructed. The monumental complex, based on a theme dear to the counter-reformation, is dedicated to Saint Francis, an imitator of Christ. Many artistic works are of excellent quality and were commissioned to the best painters and sculptors of the period. The vegetation of the Sacred Mountain runs down to the shores of Lake Orta and was designed in line with ornamental criteria to match the architecture.
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[edit] External links
- Official web site for European Sacred Mounts All information relative to Sacri Monti in Piedmont and Lombardy is available in Italian and English.
