Our Lady of Graces sanctuary, Catholic sanctuary in Arco, Italy

The sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces stands in the hamlet of Ceole, in Arco. Its neoclassical facade, rebuilt in the 19th century, has four Ionic pilasters, a large semicircular window and a pediment. Inside, the Baroque marble high altar by Giacomo and Cristoforo Benedetti follows a design by Andrea Pozzo and holds a wooden Madonna and Child.

Count Francesco d'Arco commissioned the church and convent; the first stone was laid around 1478, Franciscans were present by 1481, and the first solemn consecration took place in 1492. On 11 June 1508 the convent hosted the three-year truce between Maximilian I, Louis XII and Venice. Suppressed under Napoleon, it reopened after 1815; the church was rebuilt mid-19th century, raised nearly three metres against Bordellino floods, and reconsecrated in 1869.

The sanctuary is still served by Franciscans, present in Ceole since 1481, three years after the first stone was laid. The wooden statue of the Madonna enthroned with the Child in the main altar niche is probably the work of a Veronese sculptor. The name recalls the conventual church founded by Count Francesco d'Arco.

The sanctuary stands in the Ceole district of Arco, in the Basso Sarca area of Trentino, and is part of the Riva and Ledro pastoral zone of the Archdiocese of Trento. The church floor was raised by almost three metres during the 19th-century rebuilding to protect it from flooding by the nearby Bordellino stream. The facade was repainted and the bells electrified in the 1980s and in 2000.

On 11 June 1508 the convent hosted the signing of a three-year truce between Maximilian I of Habsburg, Louis XII of France and the Republic of Venice. The church was rebuilt in the 19th century with its floor raised almost three metres above the old foundations to guard against flooding from the Bordellino stream.