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Standing on a sheer rock
overlooking the lake, the shrine is made up of recently restored buildings,
which can be visited. A legend said that the shrine was used as hermitage
by the blessed Alberto Besozzo, who miraculously took refuge on these rocks
during a tempest and retired there after a solemn vow to Santa Caterina,
the patroness of sailors.
Now it is occupied by the Dominicans, the same
order which built a small monastery there in the Xlllth century, later
occupied by other religious orders.
Inside there are some important well-kept
frescoes dating from the XIVth to the XVlllth century.
Santa Caterina can be reached on the boats of the Navigation Company of the Lake Maggiore
which leave from Stresa.
A view of the building
Another view of the building
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