Sanctuary of Santa Maria Addolorata del Sacro Monte di Brissago, with Stations of the Cross, Baroque church and calvary hill in Brissago, Switzerland.

The Sanctuary of Santa Maria Addolorata del Sacro Monte di Brissago is a baroque church with a calvary pathway situated on a hillside above Lake Maggiore. The complex includes fourteen chapel stations depicting the Passion of Christ, connected by a marked walking route that guides visitors through these scenes.

A first chapel dedicated to the Madonna Addolorata was built in 1709 by master builder Girolamo Tirinanzi of Cadogno. In 1767 the Brissago emigrant Antonio Francesco Branca, called il Moscovita, who had made his fortune in silk and marble between Tuscany and Russia, financed its enlargement with two bays, a sacristy, a rectory and a three-storey pilgrim hospice. The Calvary chapel and the octagonal Cappella dei Giudei followed in the same years; the complex was restored between 1975 and 2000 under architect Luigi Snozzi.

The sanctuary serves as a center for Catholic devotion in the region, drawing visitors who walk the fourteen stations in prayer and reflection. The chapels along the path allow people to participate in this form of spiritual practice that has been maintained here for generations.

The Via Crucis starts at the Porta di Gerusalemme on Via Gerusalemme at the eastern edge of Brissago and climbs about a kilometre to the sanctuary. An alternative path passes the old mills of the Valle dei Mulini. The complex was restored between 1975 and 2000 under architect Luigi Snozzi.

The merchant Antonio Francesco Branca, called il Moscovita, made his fortune in silk and marble between Tuscany and Russia and paid for the 1767 enlargement; his tomb slab is inside the church. In 2015 Ticino's state council asked for the site to be added to the UNESCO list together with the Sacro Monte Madonna del Sasso.