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Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata

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The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma, Italy. The name derives from the fence or steccato used to corral the numerous devotees who visited a venerated image of the Madonna. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined was crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian fanatic and devotee, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin order. Pope Benedict XVI issued a Pontifical decree which raised the Marian sanctuary to the status of Basilica on 9 February 2008.

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Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata
Via Dante Alighieri, Parma Parma Centro

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Museo Costantiniano della Steccata

Via Dante Alighieri
43121 Parma, Parma Centro
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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