Trecate is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Novara
Novara (It. ''Provincia di Novara'') is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara
Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of ...
in the
Italian region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northeast of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) 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. Th ...
and about east of
Novara
Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...
.
It harbors a major refinery complex for fuels and
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), serving northern and central Italy.
It is served by
Trecate railway station.
Among its churches are:
*
Santa Maria Assunta - main parish church
*
San Francesco - Contains frescoes by il Cerano
*Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie
*
Oratory del Gonfalone
Castle of Trecate
The town of Trecate used to have a castle within its territory, this castle was similar to both
Warkworth Castle
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast. When the castle was founded is unc ...
and the Castle of Cuasso al Monte (also disappeared), in
Cinque Vette Park
The Cinque Vette Park is a natural park, established by the Region of Lombardy on 19 June 2017.
The park is located in the north-eastern part of the Province of Varese, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It takes the name from the main geograph ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Trecate is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (; oc, label= Vivaro-Alpine, Sant Pau de Tricastin), sometimes known as -en-Tricastin, is a commune, an administrative region, in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Name
The settlement is attested as ''Aug ...
, France (2003)
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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