Religious  Sanctuaries  of  Italy

​By Dion Protani
Latest update: 11 January 2024
This collection of Religious Sanctuaries of Italy is gathered from every corner of the country.

Although each of eight sites below shares the common thread of being a Catholic sanctuary and pilgrimage site, some of the buildings themselves are quite unique.

Completely breaking the mould of the traditional architectural methods of religious buildings is the Renzo Piano designed Sanctuary of Padre Pio in the hill town of San Giovanni Rotondo in the southern Italian region of Puglia.
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Santuario di San Francesco di Paola, Calabria
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The Santuario Madonna della Corona in Veneto draws gasps with its precarious position clinging to a cliff-side while the magnificent Sacra di San Michele in Piedmont in many ways resembles a medieval fortress from the outside. One of the most quirky sights in Italy is the Santuario di Madonna di Frasassi in the Marche region which takes the form of a small circular church somehow built inside a cave. ​

Sanctuary  of  Padre  Pio

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Sanctuary of Padre Pio, San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia

Santuario  Madonna  della  Corona

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Santuario Madonna della Corona, Veneto

Sacra  di  San  Michele

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Sacra di San Michele, Piedmont

Tindari  Sanctuary

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Tindari Sanctuary, Sicily

La  Verna

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La Verna, Tuscany

Santuario  di  San  Francesco  di  Paola

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Santuario di San Francesco di Paola, Calabria

Santuario  Santa  Maria  Finibus  Terrae

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Basilica Santuario di Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae, Puglia

Santuario  di  Madonna  di  Frasassi

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Santuario di Madonna di Frasaasi, Marche

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