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La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary

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La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
La Verna - Franciscan Sanctuary
Phone:
+39 0575 5341

Address:
Via del Santuario della Verna, 45, 52010 Chiusi della Verna AR, Italy

Other uses of La Verna include: La Verna cave and Laverna. La Verna, in Latin Alverna and geographically known as Monte Penna, is a locality on Mount Penna, an isolated mountain of 1,283 metres situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines, rising above the valley of the Casentino, central Italy. The place is known especially for its association with Saint Francis of Assisi and for the Sanctuary of La Verna, which grew up in his honour. Administratively it falls within the Tuscan province of Arezzo and the comune of Chiusi della Verna, Italy. The Sanctuary of La Verna, located a few kilometers from Chiusi della Verna , in the National Park of Casentino Forests, Mount Falterona and Campigna, is famous for being the place where St. Francis of Assisi would receive the stigmata on September 14, 1224. Built in the southern part of Mount Penna at 1,128 metres high, the Sanctuary is home to numerous chapels and places of prayer and meditation In August 1921 Pope Benedict XV elevated the church to the status of minor basilica.
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