Belgirate is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
The province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (, ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of the province of Novara. The ar ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
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region of
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
, located about northeast of
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
and about south of
Verbania
Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ab ...
.
Belgirate borders the following municipalities:
Besozzo
Besozzo is a town and municipality located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Besozzo hosts a small historical centre with churches and noble houses, so-called Palazzi, in its upper part which is in part pedestrian ...
,
Brebbia
Brebbia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about west of Varese.
Brebbia borders the following municipalities: Besozzo, Ispra
Ispra is a ''comune'' and ...
,
Ispra
Ispra is a ''comune'' and small town on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy).
Toponymy
Attested by the name ''Ispira'' (712), ''Ispira'' (XIV). Appears as ''Ispratium'' in Aegidius Tschudi's '' ...
,
Leggiuno,
Lesa,
Monvalle,
Stresa
Stresa is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 4,600 residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the Italian region of Piedmont. about northwest of Milan. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Sim ...
.
The small
Romanesque church
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of St. Mary dates to the 11th century and is preceded by a 16th-century portico with some frescoes of
Bernardino Luini
Bernardino Luini (/82 – June 1532) was a north Italian painter from Leonardo's circle during the High Renaissance. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he was described as having taken ...
school.
References
External links
Official Tourism GatewayLake Maggiore Official Tourism Gateway
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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