Santuario di Valmala, Catholic shrine in Busca, Italy.

The Santuario di Valmala stands on the Pian del Chiotto plateau at 1,380 m in the Valmala valley, province of Cuneo, and is the main shrine of the Diocese of Saluzzo. The complex is a plain white-plastered building facing the village, combining the rectory, the church and a large portico once used to shelter pilgrims. Two large buildings, the late-19th-century Palazzo Vecchio (Casa del Pellegrino) and the Palazzo Nuovo of 1925, face the same square and house visitors.

The sanctuary grew from a votive pillar erected in 1835, the year after four shepherdesses reported apparitions on the Pian del Chiotto plateau. A chapel followed in 1840, and the church was completed in 1851 to a design by architect Giacomo Galfrè, absorbing both the pillar and the chapel. In 1946 the Bishop of Saluzzo crowned the Madonna of Valmala Queen of the Diocese.

The sanctuary is dedicated to Maria Madre della Misericordia, a title taken from a small picture of the Madonna della Misericordia of Savona sold at a market stall in Venasca, which the shepherdesses recognised as the woman they had seen. In August 1949 a marble statue of the Madonna was placed on the square to recall the 1949 Peregrinatio Mariæ, when the venerated statue was carried to every parish of the diocese.

The site is most accessible during warmer months since the high elevation means weather can change quickly. Guest accommodations are available in two nearby buildings that serve visitors staying for prayer and reflection.

The stone on which the Madonna is said to have appeared is kept beneath the apse fresco, which shows the apparition scene and was painted by an unknown artist. The two large paintings in the sanctuary are signed Gauteri, a relative of the painter of the first pillar of 1835.