giugno-10 - Comosmagiclake.com

Nella pagina precedente, veduta panoramica;sotto, a sinistra e al centro la scalinata verso il Santuario;a destra, la statua lignea della Vergine all'interno delSantuario della Beata Vergine del BisbinoIn the previous page, panoramic view;below, on the left and in the middle the stairs to theSanctuary; on the right the wooden statue of the HolyMary inside the Sanctuary of the Holy Mary of BisbinoBISBINOa oasis of peaceFrom the top of the Mount Bisbino you can lookaround yourself: the far-off peaks of the RethicAlps, the mild Pre-Alps reflected on Lake Como,the wide Po Valley, the view of the MaritimeAlps, then the imposing Western Alps, until theJungfrau and the Gotthard. This interestingmount was linked to the history of farmers andshepherds, smugglers and soldiers, today insteadit is linked to the tourists, who come here bycar, on foot or by bicycle. On the top there is theSanctuary of the Virgin Mary of Bisbino. It is adestination of faithful people since the ancienttimes, the original chapel built by the shepherdsbecame a church in the 17th century. Inside youcan admire the wooden statue of the VirginMary, probably it was carved and painted by oneof the shepherds who used to live on this mount.The Mount Bisbino is a starting point of differentitineraries to reach traced itineraries, strikingmountain dew and chalets and it doesn’t seempossible to find a shelter of green and silence soclose to the city.70 71