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Sacred Mountain of Varese Sacro Monte di Varese Santuario di Santa Maria del Monte
Sacro Monte di Varese.
Basic information
Location	Varese, Italy
Geographic coordinates	45°51′37″N 8°47′36″E / 45.860361°N 8.793222°E / 45.860361; 8.793222Coordinates: 45°51′37″N 8°47′36″E / 45.860361°N 8.793222°E / 45.860361; 8.793222
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Varese
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	National monument
Status	Active
Architectural description
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1604
Completed	1623

The Sacro Monte di Varese (literally ‘Sacred Mount of Varese’) is one of the nine sacri monti in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Piedmont which were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2003.

The devotional complex is located in Parco del Campo dei Fiori 6km north of Varese. It consists of fourteen chapels that were constructed between 1604 and 1623.

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v t e The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy

Ossuccio Varese Belmonte Crea Domodossola Ghiffa Oropa Orta Varallo

v t e World Heritage Sites in Italy

	Northwest	Cinque Terre Corniglia Manarola Monterosso al Mare Riomaggiore Vernazza Crespi d'Adda Genoa Mantua and Sabbioneta Monte San Giorgio Palmaria Porto Venere Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes¹ Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Tino and Tinetto

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

	Central	Assisi Cerveteri and Tarquinia Florence Hadrian's Villa Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Pienza Rome² San Gimignano Siena Urbino Val d'Orcia Villa d'Este

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

	Islands	Aeolian Islands Archaeological Area of Agrigento Barumini nuraghes 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.) 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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