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Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta
Place: BARENGO (NO)
La Parrocchiale dedicata a Santa Maria Assunta sorge a ridosso della collina e in prossimità del castello. Fu eretta intorno al 1404 per volontà dei Tornielli, poiché si legge in un...
La Parrocchiale dedicata a Santa Maria Assunta sorge a ridosso della collina e in prossimità del castello. Fu eretta intorno al 1404 per volontà dei Tornielli, poiché si legge in un...
Castello di Cavagliano
Place: BELLINZAGO NOVARESE (NO)
The castle, visible from the Road SS 32 Ticinese, majestically stands on the hill top of Cavagliano. The castle of Cavagliano is already mentioned in the second half of the thirteenth century as...
The castle, visible from the Road SS 32 Ticinese, majestically stands on the hill top of Cavagliano. The castle of Cavagliano is already mentioned in the second half of the thirteenth century as...
Castello Solaroli di Briona
Place: BRIONA (NO)
Situated on the alluvial hill of the Strona River, the castle of Briona dominates the plain and the village below, the first inhabited settlement of the Valsesia State road. The structure of the...
Situated on the alluvial hill of the Strona River, the castle of Briona dominates the plain and the village below, the first inhabited settlement of the Valsesia State road. The structure of the...
Castello e Giardino storico di Caltignaga
Place: CALTIGNAGA (NO)
Situated on the alluvial hill of the Strona River, the castle of Briona dominates the plain and the village below, the first inhabited settlement of the Valsesia State road. The structure of the...
Situated on the alluvial hill of the Strona River, the castle of Briona dominates the plain and the village below, the first inhabited settlement of the Valsesia State road. The structure of the...
Castello di Carpignano Sesia
Place: CARPIGNANO SESIA (NO)
Whoever comes to Carpignano Sesia and goes along the carriageable roads of the village can hardly find the castle, since it stands in a corner, just at the mouth of the ancient “Via...
Whoever comes to Carpignano Sesia and goes along the carriageable roads of the village can hardly find the castle, since it stands in a corner, just at the mouth of the ancient “Via...
Castello o Castellone Inferiore
Place: FARA NOVARESE (NO)
As a document of the year 1450 testifies, “Fara counts two castles, 50 “fires”( families), responds to the town and Podesta of Novara about the administration of...
As a document of the year 1450 testifies, “Fara counts two castles, 50 “fires”( families), responds to the town and Podesta of Novara about the administration of...
Castello di Fontaneto d'Agogna
Place: FONTANETO D'AGOGNA (NO)
The royal diploma of Berengario I of August 14, 908 is up to today the first source to attest the Benedictine coenobium of San Sebastiano, built by the Earl Gariardo, in the “castrum” of...
The royal diploma of Berengario I of August 14, 908 is up to today the first source to attest the Benedictine coenobium of San Sebastiano, built by the Earl Gariardo, in the “castrum” of...
Castello Visconteo Sforzesco
Place: GALLIATE (NO)
An imposing and strong building, surrounded by a vast moat, stands off downtown in the middle of a square. We are talking about the Castle of Visconti and Sforza in Galliate the duke of Milan...
An imposing and strong building, surrounded by a vast moat, stands off downtown in the middle of a square. We are talking about the Castle of Visconti and Sforza in Galliate the duke of Milan...
Castello - Ricetto di Ghemme
Place: GHEMME (NO)
Over the centuries, the location of Ghemme, alongside the Sesia river bank, has always been strategic as it put the plain in communication with Valsesia, the villages across the river and the...
Over the centuries, the location of Ghemme, alongside the Sesia river bank, has always been strategic as it put the plain in communication with Valsesia, the villages across the river and the...
Castello e Giardino di Nibbiola
Place: NIBBIOLA (NO)
Driving the state road linking Novara and Mortara, in lower Lomellina, you can see the castle in the centre of the village of Nibbiola. If you enter the village, the imposing building, standing on a...
Driving the state road linking Novara and Mortara, in lower Lomellina, you can see the castle in the centre of the village of Nibbiola. If you enter the village, the imposing building, standing on a...