In 1649 a group of Bolognese people originating from Cravegna, a hamlet in the Municipality of Crodo, decided to erect a chapel in Salera, in the Antigorio Valley, where an image of San Luca was painted. Over the years the devotion grew: the Chapel of the Madonna di Salera was thus transformed into an oratory.
On 28th September 1727, the oratory was blessed and opened for worship. In the meantime, the inhabitants’ devotion to the place became greater and more profound and the idea of making a Sacro Monte, or a pilgrimage, starting in Cravegna and travelling to the sanctuary was born. Consequently, in 1731 the construction of the chapels of the Holy Rosary began. The initial frescoes were painted by the Vigezzo painter Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis from Craveggia.
The mule track, which is well preserved and open from spring to autumn, runs along the Sacred Mountain of Salera starting from the edge of the town of Cravegna.
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