by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Omegna, overlooking Lake Orta, is known as Italy’s capital of household goods: a title earned through decades of outstanding manufacturing industry. Italy’s capital of household goods In the 1960s, Omegna was the true capital of Italy’s home...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Vogogna is one of the best-preserved medieval villages in the Val d’Ossola, so much so that it is included among Italy’s Most Beautiful Villages and is now part of the Val Grande National Park. Capital of the Lower Ossola Thanks to its strategic location,...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Montecrestese is a small municipality in the Val d’Ossola that is home to one of the most imposing and unusual bell towers in the entire area: that of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta. But the village has much more to tell, from its privileged...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Crodo, the main town in the Antigorio Valley, is known throughout Italy for a curious reason: this is where Crodino, one of the country’s best-known non-alcoholic aperitifs, was born. The waters discovered by crusaders Crodo’s renown stems from its mineral waters,...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Palazzo San Francesco, in the heart of Domodossola’s historic centre, is now home to the Gian Giacomo Galletti Civic Museums, but its history has its roots in a 13th-century church dedicated to the saint of Assisi. From a 14th-century church to a civic palace The...
