{"id":2725,"date":"2025-03-18T09:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/sito\/?page_id=2725"},"modified":"2025-04-02T08:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:52:44","slug":"cultura-storia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/en\/turismo-tempo-libero\/scopri-brissago\/cultura-storia\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture and history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brissago preserves a significant cultural heritage. Among the most precious testimonies we find the churches of the SS. Pietro e Paolo and Madonna di Ponte, made with local stone and both works by architects Pietro and Giovanni Beretta. Another important religious testimony is the Sacro Monte, with its chapels of the Via Crucis and the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, which represent valuable works of the eighteenth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mazz-gallery mazz_gallery swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"mazz_item swiper-slide\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/sito\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chiesa-ss-pietro-paolo_01.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gallery\" data-title=\"\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/sito\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chiesa-ss-pietro-paolo_01-800x534.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 600px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/sito\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chiesa-ss-pietro-paolo_01.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 601px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/sito\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chiesa-ss-pietro-paolo_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"mazz_item 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