Madonna del Ghisallo
Madonna del Ghisallo is a hill in Magreglio, close to Lake Como in Italy. It is named after an alleged Marian apparition. According to the legend, the Medieval count Ghisallo was travelling by the hamlet of Magréglio when he was attacked by bandits.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in Magreglio, Italy
- Also known as: “Maddonna Ghisallo”, “Madonna di Ghisallo”, and “Santuario Madonna del Ghisallo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo del Ghisallo and Chiesa dei Santi Materno e Ambrogio.
Museo del Ghisallo
Museum
The Museo del Ghisallo is a bicycle museum located in Magreglio, Italy. The museum showcases a rich collection of cycling memorabilia, including bicycles, jerseys and artefacts from the history of cycling.
Chiesa dei Santi Materno e Ambrogio
Church
Chiesa dei Santi Materno e Ambrogio is a church, which is situated 1¼ km north of Madonna del Ghisallo.
Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo
Church
Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo is a church, which is situated 1½ km south of Madonna del Ghisallo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civenna and Oliveto Lario.
Civenna
Village
Civenna is a frazione of the comune of Bellagio in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres north of Milan and about 20 kilometres northeast of Como.
Madonna del Ghisallo
Latitude
45.92425° or 45° 55′ 27″ north
Longitude
9.26777° or 9° 16′ 4″ east
Elevation
731 metres (2,398 feet)
Inception
1623
Open location code
8FQFW7F9+P4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=chapel
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Madonna del Ghisallo” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Catalan: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Dutch: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه مادونا ديل جيسالو”
- French: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- French: “Notre-Dame de Ghisallo”
- German: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- German: “Wallfahrtskirche Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Italian: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Italian: “Santuario della Beata Vergine del Ghisallo”
- Italian: “Santuario della Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Japanese: “マドンナ・デル・ギザッロ教会”
- Lombard: “Ghisall”
- Luxembourgish: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Portuguese: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
- Russian: “Мадонна дель Гисалло”
- Spanish: “Madonna del Ghisallo”
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