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Lombard artist Michelangelo Pistoletto conceived “Cittadellarte” as a place where ideas and creative projects can circulate.
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The Sanctuary of Oropa(Santuario di Oropa) is a group of Roman Catholic buildings and structuresinOropa, frazione of the municipality of Biella,Italy. It is located at a height of 1,159 metres in a small valley of the Alpi Biellesi.
Bishop Giacomo GoriaandReverend Francesco Sforza Pallavicino episcopally crowned the image of “Madonna Della Oropa” of Piedmont in 30 August 1620. Pope Francis granted an official decree of Pontifical coronation to the image in 5 August 2021, signed and executed by the Dean of the College of Cardinals,Giovanni Battista Re at the Vatican.
According to legend, a black wooden statue of the Virgin Mary carved by Saint Luke was found in Jerusalem by Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, carried to Oropa in the 4th century AD and placed into a small niche in a big boulder. In the Middle Ages, a church was built around the niche housing the statue, and was replaced in the early 17th century with what is known today as the Ancient Basilica. During the following two centuries, several other buildings were added to the complex, including the royal apartments of the House of Savoy, a big library and the Royal Gate, a masterpiece designed by the architect Filippo Juvarra in the 18th century.
The last addition to the sanctuary was the Upper Basilica, a monumental church built between 1885 and 1960 due to the large number of pilgrims visiting Oropa. It can hold 3000 people and its dome is 80 metres high.
In 1617, the complex of the Sacro Monte di Oropa was built not far from the sanctuary. It is a devotional path now composed of twelve chapels (plus another seven nearby) containing groups of statues representing scenes from the story of the Virgin Mary’s life.
A new graveyard was built near the Sacro Monte in the 19th century, for noble families of the Biellese territory to build their family tombs. Some graves have freemason symbols, such as Quintino Sella’s.
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