Nostra Signora della Brughiera

The Nostra Signora della Brughiera (Italian: Santuario di Nostra Signora della Brughiera) is a sanctuary devoted to the Virgin Mary in the town of Trivero in northern Italy.

Set at 800 m height, the sanctuary was built where the tradition says that the Madonna appeared to a mute shepherd girl, giving her the ability to speak.

In the bigger church are preserved many Ex voto and art pieces: a "Nativity" by Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli, the frescos in the nave and in the presbytery and the wooden pulpit.

Near the sanctuary there is a mule track conducting to the Bulliana hamlet nearby, along which there is a Via Crucis of fourteen chapels decorated in the 19th century.

On the fresco there is a writing describing the event: "On 25 March 1643, day of the Annunciation, many gunshots were shot, with no offense for anyone thanks to a miracle of the Virgin Mary".

The sanctuary
The ancient church