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Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snow

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snow

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Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snow

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Location: Sarsina, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Davide

April 8, 2024

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Located on the access path to the village of Castel d'Alfero, this sanctuary represents an important place of worship for the people of Alfero.
It is a stone oratory, recently …

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Verucchio Cammina

August 12, 2024

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Tradition has it that on August 5th of an unspecified year, snow fell on a small plot of land: an extraordinary and miraculous event that induced the inhabitants to build a small church dedicated to the Madonna delle Neve on that land. Only around 1729 do documents tell of an oratory with such a dedication; but at least since the mid-17th century, an ancient and small chapel existed in the same place, left abandoned and forbidden, where an image of the Madonna frescoed on a wall was venerated.

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