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    Sanctuary of Madonna del Sasso

    One of the most beautiful, or the best, balcony overlooking the Orta lake, is Madonna del Sasso Sanctuary. It was build on a rock spur about 600 meters height, on the west side of the lake, in front of Orta. This church was completed in 1748 as a substitute of an old chapel. Let me say that ‘Madonna del Sasso’ (‘Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rock’) is a common name when a church is build on a rock but I does not matter. I went to visit the church in June 2020 in a beautiful day; really I went to that place to take pictures and video with the…