• Shrine of the Madonna della Neve of Machaby (Madonna of the snow)

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Shrine of the Madonna della Neve of Machaby (Madonna of the snow)

Resorts: Arnad

Opening days and times

Summer 2023

Friday 4 August is open for the procession

Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August it is open all day for the patron saint

Sunday 27 August for the diocesan pilgrimage

September: open on Sundays from 2pm to 6pm



Contacts

Parrocchia di San Martino
Address
frazione Arnad Le Vieux, 40 11020 ARNAD (AO)
Telephone
(+39) 0125 804843

The shrine is located at a height of 696 metres, in the Machaby valley and not far from the centre of Arnad, in a splendid position among the chestnut forests.
The building, which originates from the fourteenth century, was rebuilt entirely in 1687.
As well as numerous votive offerings, it also contains a seventeenth-century statue of the Virgin Mary, defined by the scholar Bruno Orlandoni as “one of the best masterpieces of Baroque sculpture in Valle d’Aosta”.

How to get there
Simple walk of about one hour through the woods, starting from Arnad’s village centre.

The visit
Celebration of the Holy Mass in the end of the pilgrimage on August 5th, the day of Madonna of the Snow, whom the shrine is dedicated to.

On other days, visits only on reservation, by contacting the parish.

Santuario della Madonna della Neve di Machaby
Santuario della Madonna della Neve di Machaby
Particolare del Santuario della Madonna della Neve
external frescoes - Machaby

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Legends
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