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In Cortevecchias area a section witnesses the origins of the village around the castle : peasant houses and agricultural tools. Agricultural tools of the beginning…Discover more
Curiosities
Every castle has each phantom; the one of Grazzano Visconti is female and named Aloisa. According to the legend, Aloisa was the natural daughter of…Discover more
Monuments, Squares and Palaces
Aloisa is the ghost of  the castle, also honored in the village by a statue on a pedestal placed in the main street, near the…Discover more
Religious architecture
The Apparizione Chapel was built in 1954 near Frati, in the neighbourhood of the former prison, where it is said that the Holy Virgin Mary…Discover more
Curiosities
The miraculous event of the appearance of the “Madonna della Quercia”, made Bettola village well known as a littlereligious location in Nure valley. Between 1496…Discover more
Religious architecture
The building, completed in 1884, celebrates the appearance of the Virgin Mary in 1496. The sanctuary, designed by Guglielmo della Cella, is in neo-Romanesque style…Discover more