page_title: Sanctuary of Madonna del Bosco, Imbersago
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sanctuary of Madonna del Bosco, Imbersago / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Holy staircase. Santuario della Madonna del bosco in Imbersago, Italy Italiano: Scalinata santa. Santuario della Madonna del bosco di Imbersago, Italia
context_page_description: The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco is a Roman Catholic sanctuary church outside of Imbersago, province of Lecco, region of Lombardy, Italy.
context_section_description: The church was built between 1641 and 1644 by the architect Carlo Buzzi. Tradition holds that at the site, a mother whose child was being attacked by wolves, called to the Virgin, who appeared and saved the child from the wolf-attack. In the 20th century, Pope John XXIII named it a Minor Basilica.
  The layout is octagonal, typical of 15th-century Marian shrines in Lombardy. The complex was enlarged in 1677 and 1888. The interior has a three lobed nave with a presbytery with a balustrade.
  The main altarpiece is a depiction of the Madonna and Child above a grove of Chestnut trees (1888). In the left nave is an altarpiece depicting a Pietà, attributed to the studio of the Campi.
  The sanctuary can be accessed via the 392 steps of the Scala Santa. Most are linear steps until the end with a scenic sweep of two arms. At the top is a modern bronze statue of Pope John XXIII by Enrico Manfrini. Below the belvedere, is a crypt with a stucco depiction of the founding miracle.
caption: The Scala Santa
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