Nostra Signora della Guardia, Religious shrine in Varazze, Italy.

Nostra Signora della Guardia is a shrine located on Monte Grosso, above the town of Varazze on the Ligurian coast of Italy. The church has a single nave with barrel vaulting and a bell tower that rises above the surrounding hillside vegetation.

The church was built in 1864 at the wish of the marquises Fabio Ivrea and Maria Teresa d'Agliano, as the family tomb. Behind it, about 100 metres away, stands a small chapel with a painted barrel vault; a plaque in its rear wall records that a pilone dedicated to the Madonna was erected on that spot in 1861 and blessed in 1862. The complex belongs to the marquises of Invrea.

On 29 August the shrine celebrates the Madonna with a popular festival attended by the Marquises of Invrea, who own the complex. A small votive chapel stands about 100 metres behind the church, built in 1925, with a painted barrel vault and a plaque recalling the 1861 pillar blessed in 1862.

A walking path from Varazze leads up to the shrine over roughly 3 kilometers, passing mostly through pine forest with good shade along the way. The climb is gradual and manageable for most visitors without special gear.

Giacomo Della Chiesa visited this mountain shrine at the end of the 19th century, long before he became Pope Benedict XV in 1914. The visit connects a small chapel above a coastal town to one of the most prominent figures in early 20th-century Church history.