An octagonal-plan building, on the main facade opens a rectangular door with a worked frame and a mixed-section pediment; above the pediment is a closed elliptical window, while on the two sides of the building open two secondary rectangular doors.
In the petition of January 27, 1606 to the Pontiff, reference is made to the erection of two hospices, one for the shelter of the poor and one for the nobles, and five houses for the Chaplains, the latter later converted into a convent for the Dominican Fathers. In 1650, the square bell tower was completed with a four-mullioned belfry, an octagonal drum, and a small dome.

Description: A fresco depicting the Madonna nursing the Child, from the school of Andrea Bellunello, placed in the niche above the main altar. The Virgin appears seated on a throne, wearing a crown on her uncovered head and a cloak fastened on her chest by a sort of medallion; on the left, the face of the Child can be seen, looking toward the viewer.
In use: between the year 1602 and the year 1602.
Epiphany: The Madonna nursing the Child.
Image: Painting

Original location of the Sanctuary: Inside the nave.
Notes on the collection: Oil on canvas with the miraculously healed devotees kneeling before the halo with the Madonna and Child, ex-voto of the 250 Brescians freed from the plague (1630); altarpiece of the left side altar with the Madonna of the Rosary, ex-voto for liberation from the plague (18th century); oil on canvas with a woman praying for the end of the war; oil on panel with a devout family; 17th and 20th centuries.
Type of ex-votos: Painted tablets, Other.
Current conservation: For security reasons, we omit the current location.
Reference to publications or printed descriptions: Lucchetta 1972, pp. 37-43.

The sanctuary arose on the site of an ancient shrine, where an image of the Virgin with the Child and Saints Valentine and Roch was venerated. On September 7, 1592, a woman, while washing clothes by the stream, witnessed the apparition of the Virgin, who asked her three times to build a church in that place. After various vicissitudes, the sanctuary was consecrated in 1603.
Zoff 1991, pp.; Corner 1760. In 1592, a woman witnessed the apparition of the Virgin, who asked her to build a church there. The parish priest of Cordovado reported the event to Bishop Matteo Sanudo, who did not believe it. The woman, imprisoned, was helped by the Virgin to escape. Cf. Other relevant events and chronological data.

A plaque placed above the northern entrance inside the sanctuary commemorates the construction in 1603:
“BEATI SS. VIRGINI DEI MATRI / MIRIFICAE MATTHAEUS SANUTO / EPS. CONCORDIEN. QUOTIDIANA / PII POPULI STIPE ET SUA INDUSTRIA / FUNDA-TUM EXTRUCTUMQUE / CONSECRAVIT / KAL. MAII ANNO / MDCIII.”

The sanctuary arose on the site of an ancient shrine dedicated to the Virgin with the Child and Saints Valentine and Roch. In 1592, a woman witnessed the apparition of the Virgin, who asked her to build a church there. The parish priest of Cordovado reported the event to Bishop Matteo Sanudo, who did not believe it. The woman, imprisoned, was helped by the Virgin to escape. Considering the event and the healings around the shrine, a canonical process (1599) took place, leading to approval for construction. May 1, 1603: consecration. In 1668, the Lieutenant of Udine established a Council of 12 laymen (Congregation of the Pious House) to administer the assets and revenues. In 1714, the Dominicans replaced the chaplains and remained until 1806. The sanctuary was closed, then, at the request of the population, reopened in October 1807. Slow decline until 1877, when it was restored thanks to a bequest (Redolfi family of Cordovado).

Currently, religious jurisdiction depends on the parish of Sant’Andrea in Cordovado.
At the time of the Napoleonic suppression of religious orders, jurisdiction passed to the Royal Demesne.
From 1714 to 1797, the Dominican Fathers took over the administration of the church and bell tower, while the management of the buildings north of the church remained with the Congregation of the Pious House.
In 1668, by order of the Lieutenant of Udine, a Council of twelve laymen took over, later becoming the Congregation of the Pious House, responsible for administering the sanctuary’s assets and revenues.
The administration of the church was entrusted from 1603 to the Bishop, the Diocesan Chapter, and the University of Cordovado.
Currently, the parish priest of Sant’Andrea in Cordovado officiates.
Spiritual care was entrusted to a priest paid by the sanctuary.
In 1714, the Observant Dominican Fathers took over until 1806, when the sanctuary was closed, only to be reopened the following year at the request of the population.
From 1603, five canons were to perform religious functions and take care of the cura animarum.

Piazza Cecchini, 29, 33075 Cordovado PN, Italy