{"id":15711,"date":"2019-11-20T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaticano.com\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:37:34","slug":"the-sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-montegrazie-the-oldest-marian-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaticano.com\/en\/the-sanctuary-of-our-lady-of-montegrazie-the-oldest-marian-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"The sanctuary of Our Lady of Montegrazie, the oldest Marian sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In provincia di Imperia<\/strong>, a poca distanza dal paese di <strong>Montegrazie<\/strong> \u00e8 custodito uno dei pi\u00f9 preziosi tesori dell\u2019intera regione ligure, un felice connubio di arte e spiritualit\u00e0 che convivono nella loro forma pi\u00f9 alta: stiamo parlando del <strong>Santuario di Nostra Signora<\/strong>, uno dei pi\u00f9 antichi santuari mariani della regione. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una <strong>leggenda del XIII\nsecolo racconta<\/strong> che l\u2019altare originario venne edificato su di una nuda\npietra sulla quale una ragazza sordomuta, in seguito all\u2019apparizione della\nBeata Vergine, ricevette la grazia della guarigione. Successivamente la struttura\nvenne modificata nel corso degli anni, l\u2019aspetto attuale risale al 1450.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La facciata del Santuario, in <strong>stile romantico lombardo<\/strong>, ricoperta di pietra finemente incisa, presenta due monofore laterali ad arco tondo, mentre il portico si poggia su quattro colonne che terminano con capitelli in stile gotico. Sopra l\u2019arco della porta, a sesto acuto, si pu\u00f2 ammirare un agnello, simbolo distintivo della religione cristiana.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il campanile laterale, interamente rivestito d\u2019intonaco e ornato\nda un cornicione in calce e mattoni, ospita una cella campanaria a tutto sesto.\nInternamente la struttura \u00e8 suddivisa in tre navate, separate da due ordini di\ndieci colonne, lungo le navate laterali si possono ammirare due altari, altri\ntre sono disposti lungo le absidi. Dietro l\u2019altare maggiore centrale, in una\nnicchia si pu\u00f2 contemplare <strong>la statua<\/strong>\nmiracolosa in pregiatissimo marmo <strong>della\nMadonna<\/strong>, incoronata l\u20198 settembre 1896.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Particolarmente pregiati e quindi apprezzati sono gli\naffreschi quattrocenteschi contenuti all\u2019interno del Santuario: nell\u2019abside\ndella navata sinistra si possono ammirare il <strong>Giudizio Finale<\/strong>, <strong>Le pene dei\ndannati<\/strong> e le <strong>Storie del Battista<\/strong>,\nopere &nbsp;di Tomaso e Matteo Biazaci, esponenti\ndi un importante ed espressivo ciclo pittorico diffusosi in Piemonte e Liguria verso\nla fine quattrocento. Nell\u2019abside di destra Pietro Guidi da Ranzo&nbsp; e Gabriele della Cella hanno dipinto rispettivamente\nla Passione di Ges\u00f9 e le Storie di San Giacomo. Nell\u2019abside centrale affreschi\ndel XV secolo sono stati coperti da opere pi\u00f9 tardive, databili intorno al XVII\nsecolo. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esposti anche diversi <strong>ex voto<\/strong> come ad esempio la <strong>Madonna che salva una barca dalla tempesta<\/strong> e <strong>San Bernardino da Feltre<\/strong>, <strong>fondatore dei Monti di Piet\u00e0<\/strong>, che rappresentano ad oggi meta di numerosi pellegrini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sanctuary of Our Lady of Montegrazie, the oldest Marian sanctuary, recounted in a 13th-century legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":5943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4467,1144,175],"tags":[4538,4536,4539,4540,4537],"class_list":["post-15711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-sanctuaries","category-approfondimenti-en-2","category-uncategorized","tag-13th-century-legend","tag-apparition-of-the-blessed-virgin","tag-madonna-who-saves","tag-our-lady-of-montegrazie","tag-the-miraculous-statue"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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