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The Cavallero sanctuary (Italian santuario del Cavallero) devoted to Saint Mary of the Snow. It is set at 543 m height near the Sessera river in the municipality of Coggiola. [1]
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The Cavallero sanctuary (Italian santuario del Cavallero) devoted to Saint Mary of the Snow. It is set at 543 m height near the Sessera river in the municipality of Coggiola. [1]
The building of the sanctuary is due to the miraculous healing of a deaf-mute country girl thanks to the vision of Saint Mary of the Snow in 1678. [2]
The church has a Christian cross map and is decorated with stuccos and frescos by Pietro Lace, painter from Andorno Micca. The building preserves around 300 Ex voto. [3]
The complex includes also few chapels and the lodging of the hermits, to whom the custody of the sanctuary was assigned until the 19th century. The bridge over the Rio Cavallero, completed in 1772, is so wide that is generally considered a real square. [4]
According to the tradition the water pouring from the fountain has healing properties.
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