Marian Sanctuary Madonna del Soccorso

Marian Sanctuary Madonna del Soccorso

On the road leading from Marciaga to Virle

Marian Sanctuary Madonna del Soccorso Dates back to the second half of the 16th century, has a single rectangular nave with a flat-bottomed apse; On its sides there are Corinthian columns and two semi-chapels that house the altars to the Virgin of the Rosary and to the Saints Bartholomew and Francis of Assisi; There are frescoes dating back to the 16th and early 17th centuries, some of which are attributed to Paolo Ligozzi. During the plague of 1630 it was used as a lazarus. Tradition wants it to be built where the Madonna appeared to a young deaf shepherd who, by giving him bread to eat, healed him.