Sacro Monte Santuario di Crea
15020 SERRALUNGA DI CREA (AL)
The Sacro Monteof Serralunga di Crea stands on a hill approximately The origin
of the locality is owedto Saint Eusebio, bishop of It was Arduin, King of Italy, at the beginning of 11th century, to desire that the place have an outright church, able to receive the ever-increasing number of pilgrims. From this came the realization of a church of a reduced-size and a convent for the Augustinian Order. The Sanctuary was run in 1468 by the Canonics of Vezzolano, by the Laterans in 1798, by the Servites until to 1801, from 1820 until 1992 by the Minor Franciscans. It is currently managed by the Curia of Casale. On the baroque style façade a mosaic stands out, it represents Our lady of the Assumption to whom the church is dedicated. Inside of the Sanctuary, a nave and two aisles with pointed arches and cross vaults, holds important works of art: the Virgin with the Child and Saints, the autograph table of Macrino d' Alba(1503); the cycle of frescoes with the Histories of Santa Margherita d' Antiochia (Saint Margaret of Antioch) of the 15th century.; the effigy of the Virgin, a wooden statue of the 14th century; the immense collection of ex voto; the Stations of the Cross and the ambos of L. Bagna. In the
vicinity of the sanctuary, rises the Sacro Monte ( Built in 1589 by will of Costantino Massimo it contains twenty-three chapels and five hermitages, inside of which the Mysteries of the Rosary are narrated. After a period of abandonment, due to Napoleonic abolitions, in the course of the 19th century an intense work of chapel renovation and restoration was carried out and extended into the 20th century. Now the chapels are in all 23, originally they were 15 and were dedicated to the Mysteries of the Rosary, then other chapels were built and dedicated to the martyrdom of Saint Eusebio and to the life and Glory of our Virgin Mary. In the hermitages figures of Saints and mystical moments are portrayed: Saint Luca - Saint Francis - Saint Rocco – Our Mother of Sorrows – Burial Ground of the Friars. From From From From From In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 In The New Church Sunday and public holidays: 11:30 – 16:30 Confession
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