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VARALLO SESIA
, a See also:town of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Novara, from which it is 34 M
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N.N.W. by See also:rail, situated in the valley of the Sesia, 1480 ft. above See also:sea-level
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(1901) 3330 (town); 4265 (See also:commune)
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The churches of S Gaudenzio, S Maria delle Grazie and S Maria di See also:Loreto, all contain See also:works by Gaudenzio See also:Ferrari (1471-1546), who was See also:born in the neighbouring Val Duggia, while the Sacro See also:Monte, a See also:place of See also:pilgrimage rising above the town (1995 ft.), is approached by a path leading past See also:forty-five chapels containing See also:groups of See also:life-See also:size painted terra-See also:cotta figures representing scenes from sacred See also:history, with backgrounds in See also:fresco (by Ferrari and others), to the pilgrimage See also: |
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