Vercelli, Provincial capital in Piedmont, Italy
This is a town in the province of Piedmont between the Sesia river and a network of irrigation channels that serve the rice paddies of the surrounding plain. The oldest quarters gather around several squares with arcaded walkways and cobbled streets that lead to public gardens and the riverside promenade.
The settlement grew into a regional administrative center during the Roman imperial period and remained a hub for trade and religious power into the Middle Ages. Much of the present building fabric dates from the 12th and 13th centuries, when the place served as the site of important church assemblies.
The name refers to its original settlement on a hill rising from the plain, now surrounded by modern streets. Weekend markets animate the squares around the cathedral and draw visitors from the surrounding rice-growing areas.
The town center is easy to explore on foot, with most points of interest within a few blocks of each other. Summer weekends can bring more activity around the main church, while weekdays tend to be quieter and offer more room for visits.
The library holds an Anglo-Saxon manuscript from the late 10th century that preserves homilies and poems in Old English. This text reached here through unknown routes from England and now ranks among the oldest surviving witnesses to that literary tradition.
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Basilica di Sant'Andrea
464 m
Vercelli Cathedral
518 m
San Cristoforo
337 m
Vercelli Synagogue
215 m
Museo Borgogna
340 m
Visconti Castle
350 m
Museo Leone
123 m
Basilica of St. Mary Major
285 m
San Marco
175 m
Teatro Civico
287 m
Church of St Bernard
232 m
Museum of the Treasure of the Cathedral of Vercelli
474 m
San Giuliano
246 m
Palazzo Arcivescovile di Vercelli
476 m
Museo Archeologico Città di Vercelli "Luigi Bruzza" (MAC)
476 mPalazzo dei Vialardi
228 mMuseo del Teatro Civico
253 m
Monument to Eusebio Bava
571 m
Palazzo Pampirio
349 m
Palazzo Allario Caresana
235 m
Chiesa di San Lorenzo
190 m
Case Centoris
304 m
Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
520 m
Casa dei Minola da Stresa
144 m
Palazzo Avogadro Fisrengo di Quaregna e di Ceretto
341 m
Ex chiesa di San Pietro Martire
274 m
Monument to Cavour
9 m
Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie
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