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Valduggia<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Valduggia<\/h6><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Known for being the birthplace of Gaudenzio Ferrari, Piedmont’s most important Renaissance painter, Valduggia <\/strong>is a pretty little town located close to the Mount Fenera Nature Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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THE TOWN OF VALDUGGIA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since ancient times, the town of Valduggia has been an important industrial centre with especially two leading companies, precisely the very old Mazzola Foundry<\/mark><\/strong>, specialised in the production of bronze bells and whose activity dates back to the early 1400s, and the more recent knitwear factory Maglieria Ragno,<\/mark><\/strong> established in 1879<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easily connected to Lake Orta via the Cremosina road, the town of Valduggia has always been an important trade route.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Palazzo Pretorio<\/mark><\/strong>, in the heart of the city, is the town hall, an eloquent example of 15th century architecture in Valduggia. The parish church is dedicated to St. George<\/mark><\/strong> and houses valuable frescoes and a triptych from the Gaudentian School inside. The ossuary is situated near the church. The square where the Town Hall and the Parish Church stand is dedicated to Gaudenzio Ferrari<\/mark><\/strong>, who, according to reliable historical sources, was born in Valduggia. In the Chapel of St. Rochus<\/mark><\/strong>, one can also admire some frescoes, probably by Ferrari, painted as a thanksgiving to St. Charles for the protection from the plague epidemic from which he and his entire family were saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chapel of St. Rochus<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Taragn Trail<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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TREKKING IN VALDUGGIA<\/strong><\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From the town of Valduggia, following little used secondary roads and paths through splendid beech and chestnut woods, you can reach oases of peace and calm immersed in luxuriant nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the most beautiful hikes in the area, we recommend the Taragn trail<\/strong>, which leads from Valduggia to the old town of Sorzano. Along the path you can admire some of the last examples of taragn, ancient peasant dwellings with a rye thatched roof and a base of chestnut trunks, typical of Lower Valsesia until the last century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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how to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n