Sares

The little church S. Maria di Sares is the treasure of the little village in the green.

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Maria di Sares, a pilgrimage site above the entrance of the Val Badia valley.
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The pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Loreto was built around the middle of the 17th century.
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The altar shows a Black Madonna with the Christ Child and Anna and Joachim, above the doors St. Joseph and St. Sylvester are placed.
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Maria di Sares in winter.
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The little village of Sares is located at 978 m asl and has got about 50 inhabitants. At the Gschlierhof farm in Sares, there is the geographic end of the municipality of San Lorenzo, that is to say also of the Ladin-German speaking area.

The pilgrimage church of Sares is the main attraction of the mainly rural village. It is located above Mantana and dedicated to S. Maria. This pilgrimage site can be reached on the Via Crucis. On foot you can by the way also reach the San Michele Castle.

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