Cammino di Oropa della Serra: Points of interest
Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.
- Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
Church, in Santhià, Italy.
- Castello di Bollengo
Castle. Bollengo Castle (Italian: Castello di Bollengo) is a castle located in Bollengo, Piedmont, Italy.
- Castellazzo
Castle, in Donato, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Castello Rondolino
A neo-medieval castle rebuilt at the end of the 19th century for the Rondolino family.
- Monte Orsetto
A small wooded hill of 452 metres, known above all for prehistoric finds.
- Castle of Roppolo
Castle, in Roppolo, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- San Michele
Church, dedicated to Archangel Michael, in Roppolo, Italy.
- Sacro Monte di Oropa
A path of 19 chapels with frescoes and statues: twelve on the life of the Virgin Mary, seven on episodes of Christian faith, begun in the early 1600s.
- Monte Tovo
Natural landmark. Monte Tovo is a mountain of Piedmont, Italy, with an elevation of 2,230 metres (7,316 ft).
- Basilica Shrine of the Black Madonna
A group of Marian shrines in a mountain bowl at 1,159 m, home to the Black Madonna, a cedar of Lebanon statue with face and hands painted black.
- Remains of crenellated wall around the garden of the rectory
Remains of the city fortifications of the village of Santhià, linear perimeter, angular portion; vertical structures in continuous masonry made of cobblestones in herringbone pattern and brick, with…
- Late Antique Building
In the area between the two towns of Dorzano and Salussola, the site of the main settlement of the pagus Victimulae is identified.
- Cascina Grande
Rural house (cascina) in line. The rectangular volume, with three levels, consists of a civil portion and a rural portion.
- Parco, commemorativo/ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale, Parco della Rimembranza di Zubiena
The Park of Remembrance near the Villa Cemetery, for the Fallen of the Capital and the districts of Belvedere, Parogno, and Vermogno features two commemorative plaques on the facade of the cemetery…
- Cappella della Madonnina
Chapel with a single rectangular nave and a square covered space in front, vaulted with a sail and a lowered arch and a pavilion roof.
- Cappella di S. Vincenzo
The main facade features concave corners, slightly protruding pilasters with molded bases and capitals, an access portal with a molded gray stone frame, an arched lunette with a metal ring, and a…
- Convent of the Sisters of Charity Immaculate Conception
The complex consists of a main building and other connected buildings through internal courtyards and a park.
- Chiesa della Maddalena
The complex consists of three building bodies: the church with a single rectangular nave, ending with a semicircular apse; a room on the right, now used as a sacristy; the bell tower on the south…
- Parco, commemorativo/ai caduti della prima e seconda guerra mondiale, Parco della Rimembranza di Sordevolo
The Park of Remembrance, located on the 'hill of the Fallen' along the road connecting the village with Occhieppo, is overseen by the Bona Schools and the 'Passion' meadow.
- Santuario, diocesano, Madonna di Loreto
Climbing from Biella, along one of the last curves before reaching the Sanctuary of Madonna di Loreto, there is the drinking water reservoir of Graglia (1903-1930).
- Chiesa del Santuario di Graglia
Building with a Greek cross plan; vertical structures in continuous masonry of stone and brick plastered; horizontal structures consisting of barrel vaults with lunettes and a dome; roofs with…
- Parco, commemorativo/ai caduti della prima e seconda guerra mondiale, Parco della Rimembranza di Oropa
After taking the D15 trail and crossing the small bridge over the Oropa stream, one accesses the Park of Remembrance, coinciding with the path called 'Passeggiata dei preti'.
- Monte Mucrone
Natural landmark, in Piedmont, Italy, at 2,335 m elevation.
- Lago di Viverone
A glacial lake, the third largest in Piedmont, with Bronze Age pile-dwelling villages from around 1500 BC.
- Lago Sirio
Lake at 266 m elevation. Lake Sirio (Italian: Lago Sirio) is a lake in northern Italy.
- Lago del Mucrone
Lake at 1894 m elevation. Lago del Mucrone is a lake in the Province of Biella, Piedmont, Italy.
- Lago dell'Ingagna
Lake, in Italy, at 365 m elevation, covering 0.4 km², 2.1 km long.
- Lago Nero
Lake at 299 m elevation. Lake Nero (Italian: Lago Nero) is a lake located in Montalto Dora, Piedmont, Italy.
- Lago della Barma
Lake. The Barma Lake (in French Lac de Barme) is a natural lake of glacial origin located at an altitude of 2,020 m a.s.l.
- Monte Rosso
Peak, in Aosta Valley, Italy, at 2,374 m elevation.
- Monte Camino
Peak at 2388 m elevation. Monte Camino is a peak in the Biellese Alps, in northern Piedmont, northern Italy.
- Trappa - Bagneri
20th-century national park, in Graglia, Italy, covering 921.5 km².
- Riserva naturale Mont Mars
20th-century national park, in Fontainemore, Italy, covering 390.0 km².
- Riserva naturale del Parco Burcina-Felice Piacenza
Wooded hill turned into a park in the 19th century in the style of an English landscape garden, with giant sequoias and a small lake with fountains from 1848.
- Riserva speciale del Sacro Monte di Oropa
21st-century national park, in Biella, Italy, covering 1518.0 km².
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