ATL - Valsesia/Vercelli
Depending on the season and the area, Vercelli is a province where the colours can be more or less intense. Its boundaries stretch from the snow-capped peaks of Monte Rosa, down through the Sesia valley to the plain with its rice fields that are flooded in the spring, providing a watery landscape that never ceases to amaze. This is an area where nature, history and art are entwined: for example, the treasures of Vercelli, the Sacro Monte of Varallo -with its fifty chapels each depicting a part of Christ’s Passion and death-, and the typical Walser chalets built of wood and stone in the Sesia valley. Besides, Valsesia also means sport: canoeing in the waters of the river Sesia and skiing down the splendid slopes of Alagna.
Information
Corso Roma, 38 - 13019 Varallo (Vc)
Tel. +39.0163.564404 - Fax: +39.0163.53091
E-mail: infovarallo@atlvalsesiavercelli.it
www.atlvalsesiavercelli.it
Viale Garibaldi, 90 - 13100 Vercelli
Tel. +39.0161.58002 - Fax: +39.0161.257899
E-mail: infovercelli@atlvalsesiavercelli.it
Piazza Grober, 1 - 13021 Alagna Valsesia (Vc)
Tel. +39.0163.922988 - Fax: +39.0163.91202
E-mail: infoalagna@atlvalsesiavercelli.it
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Places
Historical Wine Cellars in Canelli
The wine cellars – which hold ancient barrels perfectly lined-up – have brick arches, lowered large round arches connected to each other by tunnels that reach into the layers and strata of earth which have formed over the centuries.
Castello di Aglič
This sumptuous home was built, beginning in 1646 following a design by Amedeo di Castellamonte, by Filippo d’Aglie, statesman, literary man, choreographer, and adviser to Madama Reale, on the ruins of an ancient fortress.
Forte di Vinadio
Requested by Re Carlo Alberto, the Forte (Fort) di Vinadio represents one of the most important examples of military architecture from the Alps. It extends length-wise for 1,200 meters, on three levels, which cover about 10 km of interior passageway.
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People
Francesco Rosi
“Torino is a very beautiful city. Returning is a renewed pleasure every time. Seeing those monumental red brick buildings again, the squares, the wide avenues, Valentino, the Po and the rowers on the river.”
Piero Chiambretti
"The free time I have, I spend in Torino. It’s the place where I grew as a human and professionally. My years of study and cabaret, those of fleeing and returning a winner, those of my haunts. Torino is my life."
Roberto Capucci
“Torino is an aristocratic city, not a scoundel. You natives are spared because there is not too much tourism and this is a great fortune. There is a class to this city that no longer exists elsewhere. I’m reminded of a woman like Rita Levi Montalcini, for whom I have designed over 50 dresses”.
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