Consolata, Levone, Religious sanctuary in Levone, Italy

Consolata is a rectangular church in an isolated meadow near Levone's cemetery, on the road to Barbania. A portico with ex-voto frescoes surrounds it, and its west-facing facade has a small triangular-plan bell tower topped by a copper spire. The presbytery occupies the apse, with stuccoes by Bollina and frescoes attributed to Chiabodo, Cubito and Antonio Bogetto.

The sanctuary was built in 1774 on the site of an existing votive pillar, still kept inside the church, after a miracle reported there. Goffredo Casalis attributes the design to the royal architect Giuseppe Ogliani, while other sources name the engineer Francesco Mollo of Busano. Paintings were added to the pillar in 1821, a sacristy in 1861, and the surrounding portico between 1884 and 1891.

Every year a feast is held here with a novena, religious celebrations and a procession, accompanied by side events. Ex-voto paintings on the walls and portico record the graces that popular devotion has attributed to the Madonna over time.

The sanctuary stands in an isolated meadow near the cemetery, along the road linking Levone and Barbania, so it is reached by car or on foot rather than in the village centre. The portico built between 1884 and 1891 runs around the building and shelters the ex-voto paintings on the outer walls. Part of that portico collapsed after a car crashed into it on 3 June 2023, so some areas may be fenced off.

Inside the sanctuary, behind the main altar, stands the votive pillar that predates the 1774 building; it was painted in 1821. The small triangular-plan bell tower is topped by a copper spire, and the portico was added between 1884 and 1891. On 3 June 2023 a car left the nearby provincial road and struck the portico, causing its partial collapse.