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Varallo Sesia / Italy

Varallo Sesia , pronouciation commonly known as Varallo, is a comune and town in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is situated in Valsesia, at 450 metres above sea level and some 66 kilometres north-northeast of Vercelli and 55 kilometres northwest of Novara. Once called Varade, it is divided in two boroughs by the Mastallone stream. In 1971, Varallo was awarded the Golden Medal for Military Valor for the deeds of its population against the German occupation in the late stages of World War II.

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Varallo

Varallo Sesia / Italy

The Church of Our Lady of the Graces is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic temple in Varallo Sesia, province of Vercelli, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was built, together with the adjacent Franciscan convent, by padre Bernardo Caimi between 1486 and 1493. At this time, the construction of the Sacro Monte was also beginning. In December 1931, Pope Pius XI gave the church the title of Minor Basilica.