Santuario della Madonna della Bocciola
Santuario della Madonna della Bocciola
The santuario della Madonna della Bocciola is in the Ameno municipality, Province of Novara, Italy.
The sanctuary rises up where the tradition sais happened a mircale: in 1543 the Virgin Mary appeared to a young shapherdess, Giulia Manfredi, and told her that she would have help the village if the inhabitants prayed and did't work on Saturday.
The church was progressively enlarged up to the actual neoclassical architecture.
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Coordinates: 45°47′42″N 8°25′39″E / 45.7949°N 8.4276°E
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