Via dei torchi e dei mulini: the trail to Villadossola
The Via dei torchi e dei mulini, a historic trail between Domodossola and Villadossola: community bread ovens, grape presses and mills among mountain hamlets.
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Masera: the village at the entrance to Valle Vigezzo
Masera, gateway to Valle Vigezzo, mentioned in documents as early as 970 AD: the ancient Church of Sant'Abbondio and the station of the historic…
The Sacred Mount of Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore
The Sacred Mount of Ghiffa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003: three chapels dating from the 16th and 17th centuries on a natural…
Trasquera and the Devil’s Bridge in Valle Divedro
Trasquera and the Devil's Bridge in Valle Divedro: a 1874 structure with a spectacular route, between legend and mountain engineering.
Oggebbio: fifteen villages on Lake Maggiore
Oggebbio, a municipality of fifteen villages on Lake Maggiore: from Gonte, with the tallest bell tower in the Upper Verbano area, to Cadessino's 15th-century…
Baveno: pink granite and waters on Lake Maggiore
Baveno and its famous pink granite, used from the Arco della Pace in Milan to the Royal Palace in Bangkok, between the Church of…
Premosello-Chiovenda and the Church of the Assumption
Premosello-Chiovenda, with the 16th-century Church of the Assumption, the hamlets of Colloro and Cuzzago, and a community electricity cooperative active since 1919.
Omegna: the Forum and the Gianni Rodari Fantasy Park
Omegna, Italy's capital of household goods, home to Alessi, Bialetti and Lagostina, celebrated by the Forum museum, and the birthplace of Gianni Rodari on…
Vogogna: one of the most beautiful villages in the Lower Ossola
Vogogna, a medieval village and capital of the Lower Ossola in the 14th century: the Visconti Castle and the ancient Rocca, now among Italy's…