Carpignano Sesia is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Novara in the
Italian region
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 northwest of
Novara.
Carpignano Sesia borders the following municipalities:
Briona,
Fara Novarese,
Ghemme,
Ghislarengo,
Lenta Lenta can refer to:
* Lenta (retail), a Russian hyper- and supermarket chain
* Lenta, Piedmont, a municipality in Italy
* Lenta.ru, a Russian online newspaper
* a barley cultivar
See also
* Lentas
Lentas (Greek language, Greek Λέντας) ...
,
Sillavengo, and
Sizzano.
Main sights
*"Castle" (''Ricetto''), a group of walls with fortified houses in the historic center, built in the 11th centuries by the Counts of
Pombia
*Church of San Pietro, located in the ''ricetto'', known from as early as the 11th century. It houses some
Gothic-style frescoes (1st century)
Twin towns — sister cities
Carpignano Sesia is
twinned with:
*
Mathay, France
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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