Nibbiola (
Piedmontese
Piedmontese ( ; autonym: or ; ) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, a region of Northwest Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly regarded as an Italian ...
: ''Nibiola'') is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Novara
The province of Novara () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.
In 1992, the new province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola was created through the fusion of three geographical areas whic ...
in the
Italian
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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
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and about southeast of
Novara
Novara (; Novarese Lombard, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous ...
.
Nibbiola borders the following municipalities:
Garbagna Novarese,
Granozzo con Monticello,
Novara
Novara (; Novarese Lombard, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous ...
,
Terdobbiate, and
Vespolate
Vespolate is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,054 and an area of .All demographi ...
.
History
The area of Nibbiola was inhabited in ancient times, as attested by archaeological findings (necropolis). it is mentioned however only in 902 AD.
Main sights
*The Castle, erected in 1198 by the commune's consuls, the Graciano of San Vittore. It was renovate in the 15th century. Built in
brickwork
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Bricks may be differentiated from blocks by ...
, it has in the entrance side two corner towers and a central one, with a still-working draw-bridge. In the central court a ''Giardinone'' ("Big Garden") was added when the castle became a residence.
*Church of ''San Vittore'' is modern, on the site of an edifice of the 11th century destroyed in the early 19th century.
*Church of ''Santa Maria'' (16th century), located outside the town.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
Castles in Italy
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