by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Above the village of Ghiffa, surrounded by greenery and overlooking Lake Maggiore, stands the Sacred Mount of the Holy Trinity: the smallest of the Sacred Mounts of Piedmont, yet no less precious for it. A UNESCO World Heritage Site between the 16th and 17th centuries...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Trasquera is a small Alpine municipality in Valle Divedro, perched at an altitude of 1,096 metres on the slopes of Teggiolo, overlooking the Weissmies massif and the Andolla range. Its name is linked to one of the valley’s most fascinating engineering works: the...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Oggebbio is not a single village, but a municipality made up of around fifteen small hamlets scattered between the shores of Lake Maggiore and the mid-slope plateau of the mountain behind it. A municipality of fifteen villages Each hamlet tells a different part of...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Baveno is known throughout the world for its pink granite, a precious stone that has stood the test of time and come to decorate some of the planet’s most famous monuments. The granite that conquered the world From the 16th century onwards, granite extracted...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Premosello-Chiovenda is a municipality on the Ossola valley floor with around 1,860 inhabitants, covering an area of 34 km² and including, in addition to the main town, the hamlets of Colloro and Cuzzago. The Church of the Assumption In the hamlet of Premosello stands...
