Riserva Speciale del Sacro Monte di Oropa

Guide to the devotional and cultural sites in Piedmont

The Sacri Monti system in Piedmont, recently recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage, is an increasingly interesting place for visitors: the great works it preserves are real bulwarks of faith, with their hundreds of polychrome statues. Here popular religiousness and illustrious orders melt, supported by the spirit of the Counter-Reformation.

• Author/s: Barbara Caneparo, Andrea Polidori
• Publisher: Blu edizioni
• ISBN: 88-79040-06
• Pages: 127
• Size: 14x22cm
• Year: 2005
• Price: 8.00 €