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Cross✝️Mattarella Castle Tower🏰

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Cross✝️Mattarella Castle Tower🏰

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Cross✝️Mattarella Castle Tower🏰

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Location: Domodossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy

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1. Market Square, Domodossola – Mattarella Castle🏰🌳 loop from Domodossola

5.47km

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2. Scenic view of Domodossola – Mattarella Castle🏰🌳 loop from Domodossola

3.40km

01:05

120m

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3. Sentiero Cruppi – Piazza Mercato, Domodossola loop from Domodossola

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September 19, 2023

Cross ✝️Mattarella Castle Tower🏰Sacred Mount Calvary⛰️

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Andi

August 30, 2024

The hill of Mattarella, south of Domodossola, rises on the plain of the Ossola Valley at an altitude of 413 metres. From the hill you can enjoy a splendid view of Domodossola and the mountains that frame the Ossola Valley around the city. Inhabited in ancient times, the hill probably takes its name from a pagan site for the Matrons, on which and around which a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary was later built.
The hill of Mattarella was occupied by the military in the 7th century and housed a sprawling castle that was attacked and destroyed several times over the centuries. In 1014, Emperor Henry II transferred the castle to the church in Novara and the Bishop of Novara moved his palace and curia here. In 1312 the Visconti came to power in the Ossola Valley: the Mattarella Castle also became the property of the Duchy of Milan and retained its functions, especially the military ones, until 1415, when the Swiss, coming from the Alpine passes and wanting to conquer the Ossola Valley, practically demolished it completely, destroying the Bishop's Palace, the enclosure and the main towers.
After these dramatic events, only a few traces of the old fortress remain today: the tower on the top of the mountain rises majestically above them. The long curtain wall is also well preserved. Unfortunately, only a few foundations remain of the rest of the castle, and especially of the sturdy towers at the entrance.
Source: visitossola.it/de/poi/huegel-und-burg-mattarella-domodossola
The cross on the tower was erected in modern times and can be clearly seen in Domodossola and the surrounding area.

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Cross✝️Mattarella Castle Tower🏰

1. Market Square, Domodossola – Mattarella Castle🏰🌳 loop from Domodossola

2. Scenic view of Domodossola – Mattarella Castle🏰🌳 loop from Domodossola

3. Sentiero Cruppi – Piazza Mercato, Domodossola loop from Domodossola

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