The Sacro Monte di Ossuccio (literally "Sacred Mount of Ossuccio") is one of the nine sacri monti in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont, in northern Italy, which were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2003.
The devotional complex is located in Ossuccio, on a prealpine crag some 200 metres above the western shore Lake Como, facing Isola Comacina and some 25 km from the city of Como. Surrounded by olive groves and woodland, it is quite isolated from other buildings. The fourteen chapels, constructed between 1635 and 1710 in the typical Baroque style reflecting the Counter Reformation ethos of the sacri monti movement, are joined by a path which leads up to a pre-existing sanctuary of 1532 placed on the summit and dedicated to La Beata Vergine del Soccorso.
The Chapels I The Annunciation VIII The Crowning with Thorns II The Visitation IX The Ascent of CalvaryIIIThe NativityX The CrucifixionIVThe Presentation at the TempleXI The ResurrectionVThe Disputation between Jesus and the Doctors in the TempleXII The AscensionVIThe Oration at GethsemaneXIII PentecostVIIThe FlagellationXIV The Assumption of the Virgin
External links
Official site Sacro Monte di Ossuccio at SacriMonti.net