It can be reached by following dirt tracks along the Sesia River and it deserves a stop to admire the engineering work of the intersection with the Cavour canal, built to support rice agriculture that originates from the Po in Chivasso and ends in the Ticino at Galliate.

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Stefania

March 22, 2021

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The waters of the Cavour Canal flow for about 256 meters under the Sesia river, on the border between Greggio and San Nazzaro Sesia. The siphon represents the most important hydraulic artifact present on the canal itself: it was built in November 1864 and finished the following month.

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September 4, 2023

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Canale Cavour is a nineteenth-century structure which served for Piedmontese agricultural development, in particular for the cultivation of rice

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1. Lungo il Sesia da Vercelli — giro ad anello

68.3km

05:20

150m

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2. Along the Sesia for 8 km – Cavour Canal Crossing loop from Vercelli

41.5km

03:06

70m

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3. Cavour Canal Crossing – Along the Sesia for 8 km loop from Villata

37.1km

02:27

60m

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Location: Greggio, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy

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Confluence of the Cavour Canal and the Sesia River

1. Lungo il Sesia da Vercelli — giro ad anello

2. Along the Sesia for 8 km – Cavour Canal Crossing loop from Vercelli

3. Cavour Canal Crossing – Along the Sesia for 8 km loop from Villata

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