Rima – Alto Sermenza
A Walser settlement and the highest inhabited place in Valsesia, Rima is a small village surrounded by a magnificent mountain amphitheatre at the foot of Mount Tagliaferro.
THE TOWN OF RIMA
The town of Rima has been part of the municipality of High Sermenza together with Rimasco since 2018. It is a small tourist resort, located in a green basin at the top of the Sermenza Valley, with much of the surrounding area protected by the High Valsesia Nature Park.
At an altitude of 1,417 m, Rima is the highest town in Valsesia, and boasts great historical and cultural importance. This small village nestled between the bare rocks of the mountains was founded in the 14th century by the Walser people. Traces of this past are still clearly visible today as you stroll through the streets of the old town centre
The parish church dedicated to St. John the Baptist erected in the 17th century preserves valuable furnishings and wooden sculptures of remarkable importance and beauty.
ART AND CULTURE IN RIMA
This area still preserves an ancient decorative art that made the inhabitants of Rima famous throughout the world in the 19th century, precisely artificial marble. By participating in one of the workshops held at the Rima Artificial Marble Museum, you can learn the secrets of this excellent craft that was once handed down exclusively from father to son.
After a visit to the Pietro della Vedova Plaster Library, which exhibits more than two hundred works by the Valsesian artist, a visit to the beautiful Rima basin is a must, following one of the many itineraries that wind their way through the High Valsesia Nature Park.
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