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9 unusual facts about Varallo Sesia


Cravagliana

Cravagliana borders the following municipalities: Balmuccia, Cervatto, Fobello, Rimella, Rossa, Sabbia, Valstrona, Varallo Sesia, and Vocca.

Dionigi Bussola

For nearly two decades (1666–1684), he worked in the sacri monti of Orta San Giulio, Varallo Sesia, Varese, and Domodossola.

FS Class ALn 772

Only two units (3247 and 3326) were kept in active service on the Novara-Varallo Sesia line: on April 12, 1986, the railway administration issued a service order relegating all remaining units to the shed.

Giulio Viotti

A list of works include the Varallo Sesia (1873), the Portrait of Ferdinando Rossaro (1870), and for a painting of the Feminine FIgure (1873).

Margherita Hut

The hut is owned by the central committee of the Italian Alpine Club (CAI), but it is managemed by the local CAI section of Varallo Sesia.

Missionaries of Jesus the Eternal Priest

The community moved to Varallo Sesia in the Province of Vercelli, where they were welcomed and supported by Mons.

Quarna Sotto

Quarna Sotto borders the following municipalities: Nonio, Omegna, Quarna Sopra, Valstrona, Varallo Sesia.

Sacro Monte di Varallo

This natural terrace (600m) soars above the historic centre of Varallo (450m).

Tanzio da Varallo

He was born in Riale d’Alagna, and was active mainly in Lombardy and Piedmont, including the Sacro Monte at Varallo Sesia, where he worked contemporaneously with Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (il Morazzone).



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