Sacro Monte di Orta
The Sacro Monte di Orta is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Orta San Giulio on the summit of a hill known as San Nicolao, on the eastern shore of Lake Orta.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Peak
- Description: shrine in Orta San Giulio
- Also known as: “Holy Mountain of Orta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica di San Giulio and Orta-Miasino railway station.
Basilica di San Giulio
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica di San Giulio is a Roman Catholic church on the small San Giulio Island in the center of Lake Orta, province of Novara, north-western Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armeno and Carcegna.
Armeno
Village
Photo: Awd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armeno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 45 kilometres northwest of Novara.
Carcegna
Village
Photo: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carcegna is a small village located above the eastern shore of Lake Orta, at an altitude of 490m, in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy. Administratively a frazione of the commune of Miasino, it has 260 inhabitants, called Carcegnesi.
Sacro Monte di Orta
- Categories: calvary, shrine, church, religious museum, museum of a public entity, and landform
- Location: Orta San Giulio, Province of Novara, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.7968° or 45° 47′ 49″ northLongitude
8.4106° or 8° 24′ 38″ eastOpen location code
8FQCQCW6+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 475012573OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q1787480
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Sacro Monte di Orta” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奥尔塔圣山”
- Dutch: “Sacro Monte di Orta”
- French: “Mont Sacre d’Orta”
- French: “mont Sacré d’Orta”
- French: “Mont Sacré d’Orta”
- German: “Sacro Monte d’Orta”
- German: “Sacro Monte di Orta”
- Italian: “Riserva naturale speciale del Sacro Monte di Orta”
- Italian: “Sacro Monte di Orta”
- Spanish: “Sacro Monte di Orta”
- Thai: “Sacro Monte di Orta”
- Thai: “ภูเขาศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งออร์ตา”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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