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Varallo Sesia a town (7000 inhabitants) in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy from which it is 34 miles N.N.W. by rail, situated in Valsesia, 1480 feet, 450 meters above sea-level. The churches of San Gaudenzio, Santa Maria delle Grazie, and Santa Maria di Loreto, all contain works by Gaudenzio Ferrari (1471-1546), who was born in the neighboring Valduggia. Above the town (995 feet) the Sacro Monte is one of the most famous Piedmontese pilgrimage sites. The environs are comprised by winding paths leading past forty-five chapel-like enclosures containing groups of life-size painted terra-cotta figures with backgrounds in fresco (by Ferrari and others. The tableux represent scenes from mainly from the life of Jesus. The array was initiated by a Franciscan, Bernardino Caimi, who aimed to reproduce locally images of the passion as a goal of pilgrims. The main pilgrimage church built by Pellegrino Tibaldi after 1578. In the works mentioned, as Burckhardt remarks, Ferraris’ whole development may be traced. The municipal district of Varallo is in the region/district of Piedmont and it's in the province of Vercelli. the postcode is 13019 and the code number is +39 0163. Inhabitants are 7.400 and the surface is about 88 km2, with a density of population about 83 people for km2. Distance: from Rome 552 km, from Florence 329 km and from Venice 320 km.
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