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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...
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...