Museums & culture
San Miro, Sorico
The Romanesque church on the slope above Sorico where the hermit Miro was buried, a place of pilgrimage, with Sigismondo De Magistris's frescoes of 1526.
6.7 km
Domaso
Madonna di Mezza Cresta, Livo
Livo's baroque sanctuary, in the valley above Domaso, built in the seventeenth century for an image of the Madonna held to be miraculous, with an eighteenth-century organ.
- Visit duration
- 20–40 min
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- Upper Lake
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Why go
The sanctuary stands at Livo, a small mountain comune above the Pian dei Gorghi, and is also known as the Sanctuary of Mezza Cresta or of Sant'Anna: every 26 July the saint's feast is held here.
It was built in the seventeenth century, in the baroque style, because the people of Livo wanted a worthier home for an image of the Madonna and Child held to be miraculous, frescoed in an old wayside chapel. For more than a century it has drawn pilgrims from the upper Lario. Inside is an eighteenth-century organ by Andrea Albiolo.
- A valley sanctuary, among the meadows and woods above Domaso.
- The feast of Sant'Anna, every 26 July.
Highlights
- The baroque portico on the facade
- The image of the Madonna and Child
- Andrea Albiolo's organ
Getting there
- In the municipality of Livo, in the valley that climbs from Domaso and Gravedona.
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Sources and credits
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.