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Villa Marzoni
Place: TORNACO (NO)
Villa Marzoni stands on a natural top in the centre of the village on the remains of an ancient fortification of the XV century. Traces of two truncated towers, the entrance arc and part of the...
Villa Marzoni stands on a natural top in the centre of the village on the remains of an ancient fortification of the XV century. Traces of two truncated towers, the entrance arc and part of the...
Villa Clerici Cicogna e parco
Place: TRECATE (NO)
The imposing villa is situated north of the central nucleus of the village in a place wrongly called “the castle”. Its building dates back to the half of the eighteenth century after the...
The imposing villa is situated north of the central nucleus of the village in a place wrongly called “the castle”. Its building dates back to the half of the eighteenth century after the...
Villa Soranzo e giardino
Place: VARALLO POMBIA (NO)
The prestigious villa rises on a hill top in the centre of the village along the road leading to the bridge over River Ticino not far from the ancient rural parish church of Saints Vincenzo and...
The prestigious villa rises on a hill top in the centre of the village along the road leading to the bridge over River Ticino not far from the ancient rural parish church of Saints Vincenzo and...
Soffio d'800 a Novara
Archivio di Stato
Place: NOVARA (NO)
La vicenda costruttiva delle fabbriche che oggi identifichiamo come Archivio di Stato vede il suo avvio con la ricollocazione, alla fine della prima metà del Seicento, delle monache di Santa...
La vicenda costruttiva delle fabbriche che oggi identifichiamo come Archivio di Stato vede il suo avvio con la ricollocazione, alla fine della prima metà del Seicento, delle monache di Santa...
The Barriera Albertina toll houses
Place: NOVARA (NO)
On the 25th January 1836 the City Council decided to demolish the four city doors and substitute them with toll houses. At that point in time, the city was turning some of its military structures...
On the 25th January 1836 the City Council decided to demolish the four city doors and substitute them with toll houses. At that point in time, the city was turning some of its military structures...
The Casa Bossi, once known as Casa Desanti
Place: NOVARA (NO)
In 1859, not long after he had acquired the Ba-roque building, Luigi Desanti contacted architect Alessandro Antonelli and asked him to plan the restoration and enlargement of the structure. The...
In 1859, not long after he had acquired the Ba-roque building, Luigi Desanti contacted architect Alessandro Antonelli and asked him to plan the restoration and enlargement of the structure. The...
The Collegio Gallarini
Place: NOVARA (NO)
Today the building hosts the city’s music academy that has been dedicated to Guido Cantelli, the promising Novara-born music director who died young in a plane crash. The structure dates back...
Today the building hosts the city’s music academy that has been dedicated to Guido Cantelli, the promising Novara-born music director who died young in a plane crash. The structure dates back...
The Guardhouse
Place: NOVARA (NO)
The Western side to Piazza Duomo is occupied by the elegant building that locals to this day refer to as “the Guardhouse”. During the 19th century it hosted the troops that had the task...
The Western side to Piazza Duomo is occupied by the elegant building that locals to this day refer to as “the Guardhouse”. During the 19th century it hosted the troops that had the task...
The Dome of the Basilica of Saint Gaudenzio
Place: NOVARA (NO)
The Dome of Saint Gaudenzio was built on the homonymous Basilica, between 1577 and 1690 and placed on the city’s highest spot. During the second half of the 1700’s architect Benedetto...
The Dome of Saint Gaudenzio was built on the homonymous Basilica, between 1577 and 1690 and placed on the city’s highest spot. During the second half of the 1700’s architect Benedetto...
The Cathedral of Santa Maria
Place: NOVARA (NO)
The present building is the result of the works carried out by Alessandro Antonelli in the mid nineteenth century, which was eventually left incomplete; from the medieval four-sided portico of the...
The present building is the result of the works carried out by Alessandro Antonelli in the mid nineteenth century, which was eventually left incomplete; from the medieval four-sided portico of the...