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The Sanctuary and the bridge of Montebruno in the hinterland of Genoa.
The church of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montebruno and the monumental Doria bridge, on the Trebbia river, built in the late Middle Ages and is the symbol of the small town behind Genoa.
It is the crossroads between Piacenza, in Val D'Aveto and the Ligurian capital from which the importance of the medieval village.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

According to local tradition, in 1478, on the site where the sanctuary stands today, there was a miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary. The popular tale states that the Madonna appeared to a mute shepherd boy who, at the sight of the Lady, miraculously regained his speech and then announced the happy event to the people of Montebruno. The inhabitants who flocked to the site of the event found a wooden statue depicting the Virgin on the trunk of a beech tree; today the Marian effigy is placed on the main altar.
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The Sanctuary and the Montebruno bridge in the hinterland of Genoa – Le Sanctuaire et le pont de Montebruno dans l’arrière-pays de Gênes – El Santuario y el puente de Montebruno en el interior de Génova – O Santuário e a ponte de Montebruno no interior de Génova – Das Heiligtum und die Montebruno-Brücke im Hinterland von Genua – Thánh địa và cây cầu Montebruno ở nội địa Genoa – 热那亚腹地的圣所和蒙特布鲁诺桥 – ジェノヴァの後背地にある聖域とモンテブルノ橋

The church of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montebruno.
Returning from a beautiful walk in the woods of Mount Caucasus, my friends and I decided to take the long route and reach the Antola park and the famous road that connects Piacenza to Genoa.
It is here that we encountered the beautiful Sanctuary of the town of Montebruno (formerly the church of Santa Maria Assunta) which is separated from the village by the Trebbia river and the Doria Bridge.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

According to local tradition, in 1478, on the site where the sanctuary stands today, there was a miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary. The popular tale states that the Madonna appeared to a mute shepherd boy who, at the sight of the Lady, miraculously regained his speech and then announced the happy event to the people of Montebruno. The inhabitants who flocked to the site of the event found a wooden statue depicting the Virgin on the trunk of a beech tree; today the Marian effigy is placed on the main altar.
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