27COM 8C.35
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Inscribes The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, Italy, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (ii) and (iv):
Criterion (ii): The implantation of architecture and sacred art into a natural landscape for didactic and spiritual purposes achieved its most exceptional expression in the Sacri Monti (‘Sacred Mountains') of northern Italy and had a profound influence on subsequent developments elsewhere in Europe.
Criterion (iv): The Sacri Monti (‘Sacred Mountains') of northern Italy represent the successful integration of architecture and fine art into a landscape of great beauty for spiritual reasons at a critical period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
The property consists of nine separate areas:
Name | Province (Region) | Area (ha) | Buffer (ha) |
Sacro Monte o "Nuova Gerusalemme" di Varallo Sesia | Vercelli (Piedmont) | 5.40 | 26.10 |
Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralunga di Crea | Alessandria (Piedmont) | 8.90 | 24.10 |
Sacro Monte di San Francesco d'Orta San Giulio | Novara (Piedmont) | 14.00 | 7.50 |
Sacro Monte del Rosario di Varese | Varese (Lombardy) | 14.60 | 32.60 |
Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine, Oropa | Biella (Piedmont) | 15.40 | 49.60 |
Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine del Soccorso, Ossuccio | Como (Lombardy) | 3.00 | 9.00 |
Sacro Monte della SS.Trinità, Ghiffa | Verbania (Piedmont) | 11.00 | 210.00 |
Sacro Monte Calvario, Domodossola | Verbania (Piedmont) | 3.60 | 41.40 |
Sacro Monte di Belmonte, Valperga Canavese | Turin (Piedmont) | 14.60 | 321.60 |
TOTAL | TOTAL | 90.50 | 721.90 |
2. Encourages the authorities of Italy and Switzerland to consider a possible transboundary collaboration in an extension of the property to include other properties of this type in Switzerland.
Original Decision DocumentContext of Decision
WHC-03/27.COM/08C
WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08A
WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08A Add
WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08B
WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08C