ear <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandria" title="Alessandria">Alessandria</a>. It is one of the nine <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacri_Monti_of_Piedmont_and_Lombardy" title="Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy">Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy</a>, included in <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage" title="UNESCO World Heritage" class="mw-redirect">UNESCO World Heritage</a> list.<br />
Its construction was begun in 1589, around a former Sanctuary of St. Mary whose creation 