Basilica santuario cattedrale abbazia territoriale di Santa Maria di Montevergine | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Catholicism |
District | Mercogliano |
Region | Campania |
Year consecrated | 1961 |
Location | |
State | ITA |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Giacomo Conforti and Florestano Di Fausto (new basilica) |
Style | Neoromanesque (new basilica) |
Date established | 1952 (new basilica) |
Completed | 1961 (new basilica) |
Website | |
www.santuariodimontevergine.com |
Sanctuary of Montevergine is a Marian church in Mercogliano, located in the hamlet of Montevergine. It's a part of the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, one of the six Italian territorial abbeys. Inside, the painting of the Madonna di Montevergine is venerated and it is estimated that about one and a half million pilgrims visit it every year.[1]