Quadreria
5786 Hortus Conclusus
San Giulio, Orta e il Sacro Monte
Edited by Gianni Guadalupi
1996 / 216 PAGES
A lake, an island, a woodland circle, a Sacred Mountain: this volume conjures up and illustrates the “little world of the past” of the Riviera di San Giulio.
These places, once a small ecclesiastical state belonging to the Bishop of Novara from the early Middle Ages to the late 18th century, come back to life in the images of the artworks adorning them and in the words of the Italian and foreign visitors who were so captivated as to be inspired to write their stories and novels.