Candoglia: the marble of Milan Cathedral

Candoglia: the marble of Milan Cathedral

Candoglia, a hamlet of Mergozzo, is known all over the world for one specific reason: the pink marble used to build Milan Cathedral comes from here. A bond spanning more than six centuries It all began on 24 October 1387, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, determined to...
Beura-Cardezza and the ancient Roman road of Ossola

Beura-Cardezza and the ancient Roman road of Ossola

Beura-Cardezza is home to one of the best-preserved sections of Roman road in the entire Alps: an engineering work that tells the history of connections between Ossola and the plains since ancient times. A road built to last After the Roman conquest of Ossola, towards...
Verbania: a garden on Lake Maggiore

Verbania: a garden on Lake Maggiore

Verbania is the most important city on the Piedmontese side of Lake Maggiore and, since 1992, the capital of the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province. Founded in the 1930s, it brings together four distinct identities: Pallanza, Intra, Suna and Fondotoce. Pallanza, the...
Trontano: the castle and the trail towards Val Grande

Trontano: the castle and the trail towards Val Grande

Trontano lies at the entrance to the Valle Vigezzo, overlooking the Domodossola plain, with a historic centre and hamlets described as small masterpieces of vernacular architecture, where the skilful use of beola and serizzo tells of a model of harmonious integration...