Cappella della Madonna di Loreto, Religious chapel in Roccapietra, Italy.

The Cappella della Madonna di Loreto is a rectangular chapel in Roccapietra with a portico supported by Doric columns on three sides, featuring a wider central arch on the main facade. Inside, a small sacristy and an arched panel replace the traditional apse.

The chapel stands at the entrance of Varallo Sesia, not in Roccapietra. It was first built in a rustic form; at the beginning of the 16th century a Renaissance portico was added, which Giovanni Testori suggested may have been designed by Gaudenzio Ferrari himself while he was working on the Sacro Monte. Between 1514 and 1521 Ferrari painted the exterior, including the Nativity in the lunette above the entrance door.

The chapel stands at the entrance to Varallo Sesia, on the road toward the Sacro Monte, and takes its name from the Marian devotion to the Madonna di Loreto. Gaudenzio Ferrari painted the lunette above the entrance door between 1514 and 1521, showing the Nativity with Joseph and Mary adoring the Child, who is amused by a musician angel. Around the lunette, partly recovered in restorations, are an Assumption with angels and the twelve apostles by painters from the Novara area following Ferrari's style.

The chapel is open for regular visits and is overseen by the Superintendency for archaeology and fine arts of the Biella-Novara provinces. It is worth checking local visiting hours before planning a trip to ensure access.

The lunette above the entrance holds Gaudenzio Ferrari's first work here, a Nativity in which the Child smiles at the caress of a musician angel, an unusual iconography. Around it, partly recovered in restorations, an Assumption with angels and the twelve apostles is by painters from the Novara area following Ferrari's model.