Ghiffa
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Ghiffa (Ghifa in Lombard) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Turin and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Verbania on the western shore of the Lake Maggiore.
It is most famous for the Sacro Monte, a site of pilgrimage and worship close to it, inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List.
01Notable people
- Peter Troubetzkoy, lived in Ghiffa
- Greg London, Las Vegas entertainer
Sources and credits
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- Porticato Via Crucis e cappella di San Giovanni Battista - Sacro Monte di Ghiffa - UNESCO patrimonio mondiale dell'umanità (2003).jpg by Raffaele pagani, CC BY-SA 4.0
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