Madonna del Sasso
The Madonna del Sasso is a Marian Pontifical shrine in Orselina, above the city of Locarno in Switzerland. It is the principal sight and goal of religious pilgrimage in the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: sanctuary in Orselina, above the city of Locarno, in Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Madonna del Sasso, Switzerland” and “Santuario della Madonna del Sasso”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Madonna del Sasso Museum and Locarno Film Festival.
Locarno Film Festival
Recreation area
Photo: Pardofestival, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. Locarno Film Festival is situated 630 metres south of Madonna del Sasso.
Locarno chapel of the Resurrection
Church
Locarno chapel of the Resurrection is a church, which is situated 190 metres west of Madonna del Sasso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orselina and Muralto.
Orselina
Village
Photo: Uwelino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orselina is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Muralto
Village
Muralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Locarno
Photo: BjoernEisbaer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Locarno is a city at the northern end of Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The city, along with Venice and Cannes, hosts an international film festival, the third oldest important cinema festival in the world.
Madonna del Sasso
- Categories: calvary, pilgrimage site, monastery, sanctuary, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Orselina, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.17518° or 46° 10′ 31″ northLongitude
8.79397° or 8° 47′ 38″ eastElevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)Open location code
8FRC5QGV+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 207798891OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicGeoNames ID
9686201Wikidata ID
Q246924
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Madonna del Sasso” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萨索圣母圣殿朝圣堂”
- Czech: “Madonna del Sasso”
- Czech: “Santuario della Madonna del Sasso”
- Dutch: “Madonna del Sasso”
- French: “Madonna del Sasso”
- German: “Madonna del Sasso”
- German: “Sacro Monte, chiesa dell’Annunziata, convento, via crucis e chiesa della Madonna del Sasso”
- German: “Sacro Monte, Kirche der Annunziata, Kloster, Kreuzweg und Kirche der Madonna del Sasso”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Madonna del Sasso, Orselina”
- Italian: “santuario della Madonna del Sasso”
- Italian: “Santuario della Madonna del Sasso”
- Portuguese: “Madonna del Sasso, Suíça”
- Romansh: “Madonna del Sasso”
- Spanish: “Santuario de la Madonna del Sasso”
- Western Frisian: “Madonna del Sasso (Orselina)”
- Western Frisian: “Madonna del Sasso”
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