HISTORY AND ART

Before arriving to the pass of Monteforte we meet the hard cliff of Montevergine.At vale dominates the octagonal mole of Palazzo abbaziale di Loreto, constructed on the place where the first palace destroyed from an earthquake, rised .It has been terminated in 1749 on plan of Alessandro Vaccaro.Rich in interest is: the Farmacia, in wood and gold stuccoes, that keeps a majolica vessels collection, and the library, rich of more than150.000 volumes.

The Santuario di Montevergine raises on the massif of Paternio at 1270 metres height.Guglielmo da Vercelli in the XII century erected on a mountain a church in honour of the mother all god. However, Montevergine has been reconstructed several times. The latest Basilica in fact belongs to the Fifty years, in modernize Romanesque style with three naves with a wide presbytery flanked by two matronei and a majestic organ.

Inside the Abbazia di Montevergine there is the permanent show of the crib in the world, with a collection of Italian and foreign cribs coming from everywhere of the world Much evocating is the slope in funicular from Mercogliano, with a breathtaking slope that cuts the mountain between the rich vegetation A slope takes about seven minutes.