Santuario Madonna della Riva

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Viale della Repubblica 1 21021 Angera, (VA)

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Getting there by public transport
Angera is served by bus lines N20 (Varese / Angera / SestoCalende) and N21 (Varese / Travedona / Osmate).
For more information, please visit the CTPI website: http://www.ctpi.it/

Angera can also be reached by ferry (Gestione Navigazione Laghi company).
For information, please visit: http://www.navigazionelaghi.it/
The service can welcome passengers with reduced mobility. For more information, please visit:  http://www.navigazionelaghi.it/assistenza-disabili.aspx

 Parking area
It is possible to park along Viale della Repubblica and Piazza Garibaldi; in front of the church there are 2 parking spaces reserved for disabled pass holders.

Entrance
The main entrance has 4 steps (17 cm high each) and two consecutive double leaf doors (respectively 106 cm wide and 80 cm each). People with motor disabilities can use the entrance on the right side of the church, passing in succession: 1 step (9 cm high), an inclined ramp (length: 100 cm, slope of 10%, handrail on the left side 93 cm high) and two consecutive double leaf doors (63 cm wide each).

Getting around:
The Sanctuary is located on the lakefront, opposite the Hapsburg pier and it overlooks the street directly.  Of the magnificent project of the church, only the choir and the presbytery have been completed.
The church can be visited without obstacles and has chairs (seat height: 43 cm) and benches with kneelers (seat height: 48 cm).
To access the altar it is necessary to pass 2 steps (15 cm high each); above the altar there is the fresco of the Virgin with the Child dating back to 1443 and on the back there is a seventeenth-century painting representing the Crucifixion.