{"id":38819,"date":"2022-08-28T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/shrine-to-virgin-mary-at-penice-mountain\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:48:07","slug":"santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrine of Virgin Mary at Penice Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shrine located on top of Penice mountain, was founded during the middle age time. In 622, the Longobard king Adiuvaldo and his mother Teodolinda, visited the grave of Saint Colombano in Bobbio<\/a> and they decided to reach the top of Penice mountain.<\/p>\n

Story and Legend about Santuario della Vergine Maria<\/h3>\n

Namely, it could be possible find on top of the mountain some traces of the lonely moments and strict avoidance by the Irish monk. According to an old legend, the shrine was founded by Colombano Saint, some years before his death (the 23rd march 615). It seems that the building of the shrine was built on a pagan Ligurian and Celtic temple. Actually in this specific place it was founded a little bronze figure, depicting a pagan priest, from the I to the II century (today it’s kept inside of the Montegalletto castle in Genova). The certain reference proofing that the top of Penice mountain was a worship place, appeared in the end of the XI century. The old name of the church was ” Madre di Dio (Mother of God)”, lately changed in “Vergine Maria(Virgin Mary)”.<\/p>\n

Celebrations<\/h3>\n

According to the old tradition, the annual celebration of the shrine is celebrated at the end of summer (2nd Sunday of September).
\nFor many centuries the church at Penice mountain was owned by the San Colombano abbey<\/a>. Only at the beginning of the XIX century it moved to the Bobbio Diocese. From then on, the shrine became the most important spot and the center for the Marian worship of the Diocese.<\/p>\n

It’s a great experience reaching the shrine on a sunny day with wonderful views from the Alps and the Apennines chains, flowing the eye far from the flat land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shrine located on top of Penice mountain, was founded during the middle age time. In 622, the Longobard king Adiuvaldo and his mother Teodolinda, visited the grave of Colombano Saint in Bobbio and they decided to reach the top of Penice mountain. Namely, it could be possible find on top of the mountain some traces of the lonely moments and strict avoidance by the Irish monk. According to an old legend, the shrine would be founded by Colombano Saint, some years before his death (the 23rd march 615). It seems that the building of the shrine was built on a pagan Ligurian and Celtic temple.Actually in this specific place it was founded a little bronze figure, depicting a pagan priest, from the I to the II century ( today it\u2019s kept inside of the Montegalletto castle in Genova). The certain reference proofing that the top of Penice mountain was a worship place, it appeared in the end of the XI century. The old name of the church was \u201d Mother of God\u201d, lately changed in \u201cVirgin Mary\u201d. According to the old tradition, the annual celebration of the shrine is celebrated at the end of summer( during the second Sunday of September). \u00a0For many centuries the church of Virgin Mary at Penice mountain was owned by the San Colombano abbey. Only during the beginning of the XIX century it moved to the Bobbio Diocese. From then on, the shrine became the most important spot and the center for the Marian worship of the Diocese. It\u2019s a great experience reaching the shrine on a sunny day with wonderful views from the Alpi and the Appennino chains, flowing the eye far from the flat land.","protected":false},"featured_media":18459,"template":"","territorio":[936],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[924],"class_list":["post-38819","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-val-trebbia-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-religious-architecture"],"acf":{"location":{"lat":"44.784892","lng":"9.3178579","address":"Santuario Monte Penice"},"orario":"

According to the tradition, the shrine opens on the first Sunday of May<\/strong>, after the winter closing time.
\nFrom May to June the shrine is open on Saturday and Sunday.
\nFrom July to September it’s open every day of the week.
\nThe closing time of the shrine isn’t fix, but it’s influenced by the weather conditions and the viability of the street to reach the top of the mountain.
\nDuring the winter time, it’s possible to reach the shrine only by walk, the street is close to the traffic because of the snowfalls.<\/p>\n","accessibilita_disabili":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","tariffe":"","contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"website","valore":"https:\/\/www.santuariomontepenice.com\/"},{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":""}],"iat":33743,"localita":32560},"yoast_head":"\nShrine of Virgin Mary at Penice Mountain - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Santuario della Vergine Maria at Penice mountain is the most important center for the Marian worship of the Diocese of Piacenza - Bobbio.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shrine of Virgin Mary at Penice Mountain - Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Santuario della Vergine Maria at Penice mountain is the most important center for the Marian worship of the Diocese of Piacenza - Bobbio.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T15:48:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Santuario_Monte_penice_pano-Edit-Copia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1014\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/\",\"name\":\"Shrine of Virgin Mary at Penice Mountain - Visit Piacenza\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Santuario_Monte_penice_pano-Edit-Copia.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-28T13:14:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T15:48:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Santuario della Vergine Maria at Penice mountain is the most important center for the Marian worship of the Diocese of Piacenza - Bobbio.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santuario-vergine-maria-at-penice-mountain\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Santuario_Monte_penice_pano-Edit-Copia.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Santuario_Monte_penice_pano-Edit-Copia.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1014,\"caption\":\"Foto G. 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