Location: Province of Vercelli
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Vercelli (Italian: Provincia di Vercelli) is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is Vercelli.
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1. Chiesa di San Giovanni al Monte
2. Oratorio dei Torni
3. Sacro Monte
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4.5 based on 554 reviews
The Sacro Monte was built on the initiative of Blessed Bernardino Caimi, who, returning from the Holy Land (the late 1400s), wanted to recreate in small places of Palestine. At seventy years later the project was also interested S. Carlo Borromeo, which gave new impetus to the work and called it "New Jerusalem". The complex of buildings, some fifty was built over a few centuries. Each chapel is, with frescoes (4,000 figures) and groups of statues (400), scenes from the life of Jesus and Mary. Among the most important artists who worked in Varallo's Gaudenzio Ferrari, who worked with the founder to start the Monte S.: His is the great chapel of the Crucifixion. The Holy Mount of Varallo, the beauty of the place, for his testimony of faith and art, is a unique monument of its kind.
4. Basilica di Sant'Andrea
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4.5 based on 398 reviews
Reviewed By SPVALAIS - Switzerland, null
Beautiful, big massive buildings. Hard to miss it. Easy 5 mins walk from Piazza Cavour. Could spend time there for an hour or more.
5. Santuario di Sant'Anna
6. Parrocchia di Billiemme
7. Sinagoga di Vercelli
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4.0 based on 52 reviews
8. Chiesa San Giacomo Maggiore
9. Chiesa Collegiata di Sant'Agata
10. Seminario Arcivescovile
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