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The Church of Our Lady of the Graces (Italian ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'') in Varallo Sesia was built, together with the pertaining Franciscan convent, by padre Bernardo Caimi between 1486 and 1493, together with the beginning of the construction of the Sacro Monte In December 1931 Pope Pius XI gave the church the title of Minor Basilica.〔(''Catrholic.org. Basilicas in Italy'' )〕 == History == The church is Gothic art. The inside has the typical division of the space for the devotees and for the friar, separated by a partition wall (''tramezzo''), substained by three round arches; the central one give access to a hall reserved to the friars, while the two lateral arches house two chapels. The scheme of the wall is traditionally attributed to Bernardino of Siena. The wall was painted by Gaudenzio Ferrari in 1531. A similar decorative structure, with the partition wall entirely decorated with frescos of the ''Life of Jesus'' was typical of the religious and artistic culture of the Friars Minor in Piedmont and Lombardy between XV and XVI century.〔A. Nova, ''I tramezzi in Lombardia fra XV e XVI secolo: scene della Passione e devozione francescana'', in "Il Francescanesimo in Lombardia: storia e arte", Silvana Editoriale, Milano, 1983.〕 The franciscan convent at the end of the XV century was much larger than today. The ancient building consisted of two cloisters, the friars cell, the refectory. the library and the laboratories. After the abandonment of the convent by the franciscans at the beginning of the XX century, restorations and renovation work begun. From 1953 the complex host the nuns ''Suore Missionarie di Gesù Eterno Sacerdote''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa Maria della Grazie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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