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Chiesa di San Pietro
Place: CARPIGNANO SESIA (NO)
The ancient Saint Peter’s church has always interested scholars under the historical and artistic point of view. After historians, it was built up in the “castrum” of Capignano in...
The ancient Saint Peter’s church has always interested scholars under the historical and artistic point of view. After historians, it was built up in the “castrum” of Capignano in...
Antica Pieve di San Pietro al Cimitero
Place: CASALVOLONE (NO)
The Saint Peter’s church at the cemetery is the ancient parish church of Casalvolone. It has been already mentioned as “Plebem de Casali” in Pope Innocenzo II’s bull of June...
The Saint Peter’s church at the cemetery is the ancient parish church of Casalvolone. It has been already mentioned as “Plebem de Casali” in Pope Innocenzo II’s bull of June...
Natività della Vergine parish church
Place: CERANO (NO)
According to Bescapè, the church was consecrated in 1488 by the bishop Antonio Caccia, suffragan of the bishop Gerolame Pallavicino. During the XVII century it was rejigged several times. In the...
According to Bescapè, the church was consecrated in 1488 by the bishop Antonio Caccia, suffragan of the bishop Gerolame Pallavicino. During the XVII century it was rejigged several times. In the...
Oratory of San Giulio
Place: CRESSA (NO)
San Giulio’s oratory stands in the country-side at about one kilometre from the village. It was likely built up early in the XI century. Documented news about its existence first appear in 1025...
San Giulio’s oratory stands in the country-side at about one kilometre from the village. It was likely built up early in the XI century. Documented news about its existence first appear in 1025...
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta e Battistero
Place: CUREGGIO (NO)
Today, Santa Maria Assunta is the Parish church of the village. It stands in the main square facing the ancient Baptistery. It was mentioned for the first time in 1013 in a list of the parish priests...
Today, Santa Maria Assunta is the Parish church of the village. It stands in the main square facing the ancient Baptistery. It was mentioned for the first time in 1013 in a list of the parish priests...
Oratory of Saint Pietro
Place: FARA NOVARESE (NO)
It was the old parish church until the XVI century when the village stretched on the hill. Today only the cemetery survived around it. Of Romanesque origin, it still keeps its original structure. The...
It was the old parish church until the XVI century when the village stretched on the hill. Today only the cemetery survived around it. Of Romanesque origin, it still keeps its original structure. The...
Annunciata Church
Place: FONTANETO D'AGOGNA (NO)
The church was built according to the Visconti family will. Inside, the chapel on the right preserves a canvas attributed to Stefano Legnani, known as Legnanino (1661- 1713) representing the Congedo...
The church was built according to the Visconti family will. Inside, the chapel on the right preserves a canvas attributed to Stefano Legnani, known as Legnanino (1661- 1713) representing the Congedo...
Maria Vergine Assunta Parish Church
Place: FONTANETO D'AGOGNA (NO)
The parish church dedicated to Maria Vergine Assunta was founded in 1476, according to the bishop Filippo Maria Visconti will. It rises south of the village and it appears imposing given its three-...
The parish church dedicated to Maria Vergine Assunta was founded in 1476, according to the bishop Filippo Maria Visconti will. It rises south of the village and it appears imposing given its three-...
Sant’ Alessandro Martire Scurolo
Place: FONTANETO D'AGOGNA (NO)
The scurolo (crypt where the relics of the Saint are conserved), rises southwards of the B.V. Assunta parish church in Fontaneto. This church is the result of different architectonic interventions....
The scurolo (crypt where the relics of the Saint are conserved), rises southwards of the B.V. Assunta parish church in Fontaneto. This church is the result of different architectonic interventions....
Santi Pietro e Paolo Parish Church
Place: GALLIATE (NO)
The parish church, dedicated to the Saint Apostles Pietro and Paolo, is a neo-gothic edifice, designed by the architect from Galliate Don Ercole Marietti, betwwen 1851 and 1862. Built where once a...
The parish church, dedicated to the Saint Apostles Pietro and Paolo, is a neo-gothic edifice, designed by the architect from Galliate Don Ercole Marietti, betwwen 1851 and 1862. Built where once a...