Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola

The sanctuary.

View of the chapels IX and XI.

The Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola (also known as Sacro Monte Calvario) is a Roman Catholic sanctuary on the Mattarella Hill, overlooking Domodossola (Piedmont, northern Italy). It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

It was built in 1657 in response to the wishes of the Capuchin friars, Gioacchino da Cassano and Andrea da Rho. The chapels, dedicated to the Via Crucis, are positioned along a devotional route which starts on the outskirts of Domodossola and ends at the summit of Mount Mattarella. The sanctuary on the summit was consecrated in 1690 and in 1828 the philosopher priest, Antonio Rosmini, founded the Institute of Charity. Over the centuries the Sacred Mountain has undergone various modifications, rebuilding and restoration including, in 1957, the wooden statues in chapels 3, 5, 6 and 7.

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Official website (Italian)
Sacro Monte di Domodossola (English)
Official web site for European Sacred Mounts (Italian) (English)

Coordinates: 46°06′20″N 8°17′13″E / 46.10556°N 8.28694°E / 46.10556; 8.28694

The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy

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World Heritage Sites in Italy

Northwest	Crespi d'Adda Genoa Mantua and Sabbioneta Monte San Giorgio¹ Porto Venere, Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto, Cinque Terre Corniglia Manarola Monterosso al Mare Riomaggiore Vernazza Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Castle of Moncalieri Castle of Racconigi Castle of Rivoli Castello del Valentino Royal Palace of Turin Palazzo Carignano Palazzo Madama, Turin Palace of Venaria Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi Villa della Regina Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes¹ Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato

Northeast	Aquileia The Dolomites Ferrara Modena Cathedral, Torre della Ghirlandina and Piazza Grande, Modena Orto botanico di Padova Ravenna Venice Verona City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

Central	Assisi Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Florence Hadrian's Villa Medici villas Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Pienza Rome² San Gimignano Siena Urbino Val d'Orcia Villa d'Este

South	Alberobello Amalfi Coast Castel del Monte, Apulia Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di Padula Herculaneum Oplontisand Villa Poppaea Naples Palace of Caserta, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex Pompeii Sassi of Matera

Islands	Aeolian Islands Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale Archaeological Area of Agrigento Barumini nuraghes Mount Etna Syracuse and Necropolis of Pantalica Val di Noto Caltagirone Catania Militello in Val di Catania Modica Noto Palazzolo Acreide Ragusa Scicli Villa Romana del Casale

Nationwide	Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.) Brescia Cividale del Friuli Castelseprio Spoleto Temple of Clitumnus located at Campello sul Clitunno Santa Sofia located at Benevento Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo located at Monte Sant'Angelo Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³

¹ Shared with Switzerland ² Shared with the Holy See ³ Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, and Switzerland

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Religious sites	Bose Monastic Community San Secondo (Magnano) Santo Stefano di Sessano Sacro Monte di Graglia Passion Play Sanctuary of Oropa Sacro Monte di Oropa Sacro Monte di Andorno Mazzucco Sanctuary Banchette Sanctuary Brughiera sanctuary Novareia sanctuary Cavallero sanctuary Moglietti sanctuary Santuario della Brugarola Sacro Monte di Varallo Santa Maria delle Grazie Basilica di San Giulio Sacro Monte di Orta Sacro Monte di Arona Sancarlone Sacro Monte di Ghiffa Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola Santuario della Madonna della Bocciola Santuario della Madonna del Sangue Madonna della Gurva sanctuary Festa della Santissima Pietà Sanctuary of Madonna del Sasso Madonna del Sasso, Switzerland

Natural reserves	Bolle di Magadino Val Grande National Park Lagoni di Mercurago Natural Park Monte Fenera Natural Park Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero Natural Park Alta Valle Antrona Natural Park Fondo Toce Natural Reserve Parco Burcina Natural Reserve Bessa Natural Reserve Sacro Monte di Varallo Natural Reserve Oasi Zegna

Connected ways	Via Francigena Camino de Santiago Path of Saint Charles International Frassati Path of Pollone

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