Capitello di Santa Rita

A place linked to the life of Dino Buzzati

The small chapel of Santa Rita is inextricably linked to the figure of the famous journalist, writer, and painter from Belluno, Dino Buzzati (1906-1972).

In “The Miracles of Val Morel“, a work published in 1971, the writer imagined the existence, near Valmorel, of a small chapel – sanctuary dedicated to Santa Rita, to which thirty-nine small ex-voto paintings referred, which he himself had painted for a gallery friend, depicting equally imaginative miracles performed by the Saint.
The Belluno scholar Alberto Alpago Novello suggested to the parish priest of Limana to translate into reality what the artist had imagined, building a chapel in honor of Santa Rita in Val Morel.
The idea also excited Buzzati himself, who wanted to give his personal contribution by painting the painting later exhibited in the chapel.

Despite the artist’s untimely death, the project did not stall. Thanks to the active collaboration of the Municipal Administration of Limana and the local section of the National Alpine Association, the small chapel was built in 1973, finding an adequate location not far from the large linden tree, under which Dino Buzzati would sit to meditate and contemplate the splendid view of Val Belluna.

The chapel is located at Via Valpiana, 3 (Limana), with a parking area nearby, and it is accessible without architectural barriers.

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