On the background here you can see better the Cappuccini Mount.
It is definitely worth taking a walk here
(about 15 minutes on foot from the Gran Madre church).
This little hill on the other side of the Po – 284 meters above sea-level – was chosen as the site for the church of Santa Maria del Monte
(designed by Ascanio Vitozzi in 1584).
There are three reasons to visit the cappuccino monks: the view, the church, and the Museo Nazionale della Montagna (the National Mountain Museum).
In 1888 a funicular was built to reach the summit
but was destroyed by bombings during the war.




Please, visit also Bruna's galleries, clicking HERE