The Madonna di Prada Sanctuary (from dialect, “dei prati”) is located outside the town of Mapello, a town in the area of Bergamo Island, so called as it is bounded by the Brembo and Adda rivers.
The sanctuary is nestled in the vast plain on the eastern slopes of Monte Canto, yet surrounded by a natural landscape.
The Marian Prada sanctuary is presented by an enchanting 500-metre long tree-lined avenue.
A first oratory was probably built as early as the 14th century and then rebuilt at the end of the 1400s.
According to the popular story handed down over the years, the Virgin appeared to a young girl. As a sign she left a source of prodigious water that healed many sick people. These extraordinary events ceased when a villager dared to wash her dog with holy water. At the beginning of the eighteenth-century devotion faded and the decision was made to plaster up the alcove with the fresco of Our Lady. During the works the scaffolding collapsed. This was interpreted as a heavenly sign and the fresco returned to being an object of worship.
The interior is decorated with frescoes, painted in 1956 by the Mapellian artist Natale Bertuletti.
The Madonna di Prada Sanctuary (from dialect, “dei prati”) is located outside the town of Mapello, a town in the area of Bergamo Island, so called as it is bounded by the Brembo and Adda rivers.
The sanctuary is nestled in the vast plain on the eastern slopes of Monte Canto, yet surrounded by a natural landscape.
The Marian Prada sanctuary is presented by an enchanting 500-metre long tree-lined avenue.
A first oratory was probably built as early as the 14th century and then rebuilt at the end of the 1400s.
According to the popular story handed down over the years, the Virgin appeared to a young girl. As a sign she left a source of prodigious water that healed many sick people. These extraordinary events ceased when a villager dared to wash her dog with holy water. At the beginning of the eighteenth-century devotion faded and the decision was made to plaster up the alcove with the fresco of Our Lady. During the works the scaffolding collapsed. This was interpreted as a heavenly sign and the fresco returned to being an object of worship.
The interior is decorated with frescoes, painted in 1956 by the Mapellian artist Natale Bertuletti.
