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The Varallino Sanctuary
Place: GALLIATE (NO)
You just need to follow the tree-lined road from Galliate’s centre and you will soon encounter San Pietro church in Vulpiate, also known as Varallino Sanctuary due to its resemblance with the...
You just need to follow the tree-lined road from Galliate’s centre and you will soon encounter San Pietro church in Vulpiate, also known as Varallino Sanctuary due to its resemblance with the...
Oratory of Saint Mary
Place: GARBAGNA NOVARESE (NO)
Known also under the name “Madonna di Campagna”, the oratory is situated north of the village in proximity of the railway line Novara-Mortara. After scholars, its origin could likely be...
Known also under the name “Madonna di Campagna”, the oratory is situated north of the village in proximity of the railway line Novara-Mortara. After scholars, its origin could likely be...
Pieve di San Martino' ruins
Place: GATTICO-VERUNO (NO)
The ruins of the ancient rural parish church are north of the village, outside the inhabited centre at the limits of a wooden area. It is already mentioned by Innocenzo II in a bull of 1113, as...
The ruins of the ancient rural parish church are north of the village, outside the inhabited centre at the limits of a wooden area. It is already mentioned by Innocenzo II in a bull of 1113, as...
Chiesa Parrocchiale di Maria Assunta
Place: GHEMME (NO)
La chiesa parrocchiale dedicata a Santa Maria Assunta sorge al centro del paese, in Piazza Antonelli. Eretta a partire dal 1666, fu completata a metà Settecento. La struttura è a croce...
La chiesa parrocchiale dedicata a Santa Maria Assunta sorge al centro del paese, in Piazza Antonelli. Eretta a partire dal 1666, fu completata a metà Settecento. La struttura è a croce...
Antonelli's Birthplace and the Beata Panacea's Scurolo
Place: GHEMME (NO)
In Ghemme, a memorial marble stone positioned at the façade of the ancient Caccioni residence reminds the birth of Antonelli (son of the notary Costanzo, town clerk, and his second wife Angela...
In Ghemme, a memorial marble stone positioned at the façade of the ancient Caccioni residence reminds the birth of Antonelli (son of the notary Costanzo, town clerk, and his second wife Angela...
Antica Pieve di Santa Maria in Bovagliano
Place: GRIGNASCO (NO)
It was already mentioned in 1132 in a Innocenzo III’s papal bull of 1132 as rural parish church of Grignasco and later, in 1151, a paper shows also the name of a certain "Martinus diaconus de...
It was already mentioned in 1132 in a Innocenzo III’s papal bull of 1132 as rural parish church of Grignasco and later, in 1151, a paper shows also the name of a certain "Martinus diaconus de...
Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie
Place: GRIGNASCO (NO)
La chiesa dedicata a Santa Maria delle Grazie si trova all'interno del Borgo medievale. Venne utilizzata per vari secoli come chiesa parrocchiale e come centro della vita sociale e civile del paese,...
La chiesa dedicata a Santa Maria delle Grazie si trova all'interno del Borgo medievale. Venne utilizzata per vari secoli come chiesa parrocchiale e come centro della vita sociale e civile del paese,...
Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunziata del Barro
Place: INVORIO (NO)
L'antico borgo del Barro, attualmente disabitato, è posto sulla sommità di un colle a 581 m. a cavallo fra i laghi d'Orta e Maggiore ed è formato da un agglomerato di case strette...
L'antico borgo del Barro, attualmente disabitato, è posto sulla sommità di un colle a 581 m. a cavallo fra i laghi d'Orta e Maggiore ed è formato da un agglomerato di case strette...
Oratory of Saint Mary dei Campi
Place: LANDIONA (NO)
The country oratory, dedicated to Saint Mary dei Campi, is situated outside the village along the road leading to Vicolungo. The original building dated back likely to the XII century and stood in a...
The country oratory, dedicated to Saint Mary dei Campi, is situated outside the village along the road leading to Vicolungo. The original building dated back likely to the XII century and stood in a...
Spirito Santo Parish Church
Place: MAGGIORA (NO)
“This Baroque-style church, decorated with stuccos and gilded works, captures the attention of visitors”. These are the words that the parish priest used to describe the amazement of...
“This Baroque-style church, decorated with stuccos and gilded works, captures the attention of visitors”. These are the words that the parish priest used to describe the amazement of...