Il Santuario ed il ponte di Montebruno nell’entroterra di Genova.
La chiesa del Santuario di Nostra Signora di Montebruno ed il monumentale ponte Doria, sul fiume Trebbia, costruito nel tardo Medioevo ed e’ il simbolo del piccolo comune alle spalle di Genova.
E’ il crocevia tra Piacenza, a Val D’Aveto e il capoluogo ligure da cui l’importanza del borgo medievale.
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According to local tradition, in 1478, on the site where the sanctuary stands today, there was a miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary. The popular tale states that the Madonna appeared to a mute shepherd boy who, at the sight of the Lady, miraculously regained his speech and then announced the happy event to the people of Montebruno. The inhabitants who flocked to the site of the event found a wooden statue depicting the Virgin on the trunk of a beech tree; today the Marian effigy is placed on the main altar.
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