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Christianity sacred sites in Italy
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Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Naples, Campania, Italy
Rising above the ancient Piazza del Mercato, the Basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine Maggiore holds the Madonna Bruna, an icon traditionally attributed to Saint Luke that...
Madonna di Montevergine (Mamma Schiavona)
Mercogliano, Campania, Italy
Rising 1,270 meters above the Campanian plains, the Sanctuary of Montevergine has drawn pilgrims for nine centuries to venerate Mamma Schiavona, the Black Madonna....
Black Madonna of Naples
Naples, Campania, Italy
In a basilica at the edge of Naples' ancient market square, an icon with a dark face gazes down from above the high altar....
Sanctuary of Montevergine
Mercogliano, Campania, Italy
Rising 1,270 meters above the Campanian plains, the Sanctuary of Montevergine has drawn pilgrims for nine centuries to venerate Mamma Schiavona, the dark-skinned Madonna...
Basilica of St. Nicholas, Bari, Italy
Bari, Apulia, Italy
In Bari's old town, a white limestone basilica holds the relics of the saint who became Santa Claus....
Santuario di N.S. di Oropa, Italy
Biella, Piedmont, Italy
Oropa rises in the Biellese Alps at 1,159 meters, the largest Marian sanctuary in the Alpine world....
San Nicola in Carcere, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
San Nicola in Carcere preserves Rome's sacred stratigraphy in visible form. A medieval church literally incorporates the columns and foundations of three Roman Republican...
Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore stands as the largest and oldest Marian sanctuary in the Western world....
Mausoleo di Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Santa Costanza preserves the moment when Roman art became Christian. Built around 345 CE as a mausoleum for Constantine's daughter, this circular rotunda holds 4th-century...
Monte Gargano
Monte Sant'Angelo, Apulia, Italy
On the Gargano promontory, a cave has drawn pilgrims since 490 CE, when Saint Michael first appeared to a local bishop....
Basilica of St. Mary of Minerva, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Santa Maria sopra Minerva rises above ancient temple foundations, one block from the Pantheon....
Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Tergu
Zelgu/Tergu, Sardinia, Italy
In the Sardinian countryside south of Castelsardo, a church of wine-red trachyte and white limestone has stood for nearly a thousand years....
Church of the Holy Trinity Saccargia (Basilica della Santissima Trinita de Saccargia)
Codronzanu/Codrongianos, Sardinia, Italy
The Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia rises from the pastoral Sardinian countryside in dramatic stripes of black basalt and white limestone....
Basilica of St. Sebastian Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura stands on the ancient Appian Way, above the catacombs that gave all Christian underground cemeteries their name....
Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
On the site where legend says oil sprang from the earth foretelling the Messiah's birth, Santa Maria in Trastevere rises as possibly Rome's oldest church dedicated to the...
Basilica di Sant’ Agostino, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Sant'Agostino holds the relics of Saint Monica, whose persistent prayers over decades brought her wayward son Augustine to faith....
Basilica Santuario Nostra Signora di Bonaria
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
On a hill overlooking Cagliari and the Mediterranean, a statue of the Virgin arrived by sea during a storm in 1370—the candle in her hand still burning when the crate was...
Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura marks the tomb of Saint Lawrence, the deacon who named the poor as the Church's true treasure and faced death with legendary courage....
Castelpetroso
Castelpetroso, Molise, Italy
Castelpetroso is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Campobasso and about 10...
Basilica di San Clemente, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Basilica di San Clemente descends through time itself. Beneath a luminous twelfth-century church lies a fourth-century basilica, and deeper still, a Roman Mithraeum where...
Monte Cassino
Cassino, Lazio, Italy
Monte Cassino is where Saint Benedict wrote his Rule around 530 CE—the document that would shape Western civilization through the monasteries it inspired....
Cervo
Cervo, Liguria, Italy
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Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme does not merely honor the Holy Cross—it claims to stand on Jerusalem itself....
Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Beneath the high altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere lies the saint for whom musicians pray....
Basilica Parrocchiale di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Santa Maria del Popolo rises where legend says Pope Paschal II exorcised the demons haunting Nero's grave....
La Verna
Chiusi della Verna, Tuscany, Italy
La Verna (Latin: Alverna) is a locality on Mount Penna (Italian: Monte Penna), an isolated mountain of 1,283 metres (4,209 ft) situated in the centre of the Tuscan...
Black Madonna of Bologna
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for San Luca Madonna, famous procession tradition
Chiesa di San Domenico
Rieti, Lazio, Italia
In 1229, four women wishing to live as Franciscan nuns received the house of blessed Angelo Tancredi, one of Saint Francis's earliest companions, in the city of Rieti....
Madonna of Montenero
Portoferraio, Tuscany, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous interventions, escape from captivity, healing miracles, numerous ex-votos
Black Madonna of Oropa
Biella, Piedmont, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Fertility and healing miracles, statue becomes supernaturally heavy when moved, largest Marian shrine in Alps, crowned by Popes
Santuario francescano di Fontecolombo
Fontecolombo, Lazio, Italia
In the summer of 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi retreated to a cave on the forested slopes of Monte Rainiero, five kilometers from Rieti, and spent forty days writing the...
Monastero di Santa Scolastica
Subiaco, Latium, Italia
Founded by Saint Benedict around 520 AD as one of thirteen monasteries in the Aniene valley, Santa Scolastica is the only one that survived....
Madonna dei Miracoli
Chianni, Tuscany, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Weeping blood miracle (1494), healing sick, protection of city
Santuario di Nostra Signora di Gonare
Orani, Sardegna, Italia
At 1,100 metres above sea level, the Santuario di Nostra Signora di Gonare is the highest church in Sardinia....
Black Madonna of Rome
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Various Black Madonna shrines including Santa Maria Maggiore
Madonna of Crea
Castellazzo, Piedmont, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Brought by St. Eusebius from Holy Land, UNESCO Sacro Monte, healing miracles
Sacro Speco di San Benedetto
Subiaco, Latium, Italia
Around 500 AD, a young man named Benedict withdrew to a cave on Mount Taleo above the Aniene Valley, seeking solitude from the corruption of Rome....
Santa Maria Assunta, Assergi
Assergi, Abruzzo, Italia
At the base of Gran Sasso, Assergi's parish church conceals a secret beneath its modest Romanesque facade....
Madonna di Loreto
Loreto, Ancona, Italia
Within the Holy House of Loreto stands a statue of the Madonna carved from Lebanese cedar, her face and hands dark....
Santuario di San Pio da Pietrelcina
San Giovanni Rotondo, Apulia, Italia
In the Gargano peninsula of Puglia, the Sanctuary of San Pio da Pietrelcina marks the place where Padre Pio — the Capuchin friar who bore the visible wounds of Christ's...
Madonna of Tindari (Madonna Nera)
Patti, Sicily, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous healing powers, lagoon creation miracle, protection and blessings, pilgrimage site
Santa Casa di Loreto
Loreto, Ancona, Italia
At the center of Loreto's basilica, enclosed within Bramante's marble screen, stand three rough stone walls....
Black Madonna of Assisi
Assisi, Umbria, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Franciscan devotion, pilgrimage site
Our Lady of Loreto
Pesaro, Marche, Italy
Loreto preserves what Catholic tradition holds to be the actual house of the Holy Family from Nazareth — the room where the Annunciation took place and where Jesus spent...
Santuario di Vicoforte
Vicoforte, Piedmont, Italy
The Santuario di Vicoforte (also known as Santuario Regina Montis Regalis) is a monumental church located in the commune of Vicoforte, province of Cuneo, Piedmont,...
Black Madonna of Palermo
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Various Black Madonnas in Sicilian tradition
Sacro Monte di Orta
Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italia
On a green hill overlooking Lake Orta and the island of San Giulio, twenty chapels narrate the life of St....
Black Madonna of Perugia
Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Medieval devotion, regional pilgrimage
San Giovanni Battista
Cervo, Liguria, Italia
In the summer of 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi retreated to a cave on the forested slopes of Monte Rainiero, five kilometers from Rieti, and spent forty days writing the...
Santuario della Santa Casa di Loreto
Loreto, Ancona, Italia
Three stone walls, tradition holds, once formed the house where the angel appeared to Mary in Nazareth....
Black Madonna of Bari
Bari, Apulia, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Madonna Odegitria, Byzantine tradition
Chiesa di San Pietro della Ienca
San Pietro della Ienca, Abruzzo, Italia
On the slopes of the Gran Sasso, a small Romanesque church stands in a hamlet that time nearly forgot....
Madonna of Trapani
Trapani, Sicily, Italy
The Basilica-Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Annunziata (also called "Madonna of Trapani") is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount...
Madonna of Bonaria
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Washed ashore in storm, patroness of sailors, healing miracles
Sacro Monte di Varallo
Varallo, Piedmont, Italia
In 1491, a Franciscan friar who had served as rector of the Holy Land set out to bring Jerusalem to those who could not reach it....
Basilica di San Giulio
Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italia
On a small island in the center of Lake Orta, a Romanesque basilica holds the relics of the 4th-century Greek evangelist who founded it after — according to legend —...
Madonna dei Miracoli
Saronno, Lombardy, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Weeping Madonna, healing of plague victims, miraculous cures
Black Madonna of Florence
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for Multiple Black Madonna artworks in churches
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Rieti
Rieti, Lazio, Italia
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta has anchored Christian worship in Rieti since at least the sixth century....
Chiesa di Santa Chiara
Rieti, Lazio, Italia
In 1229, four women wishing to live as Franciscan nuns received the house of blessed Angelo Tancredi, one of Saint Francis's earliest companions, in the city of Rieti....
Basilica santuario di Maria Santissima Addolorata
Castelpetroso, Molise, Italia
In 1888, two shepherdesses on the slopes of Monte Patalecchia reported seeing the Madonna Addolorata — the Mother of Sorrows — holding the body of Christ....
Mamma Schiavona
Mercogliano, Campania, Italy
Black Madonna shrine known for LGBTQ+ pilgrimage tradition, saved gay couple from death (1256 legend), miracle-working
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