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It is an area where agriculture and the environment coexist and then it is possible to take beautiful, even challenging routes

excellent simple route suitable for everyone among the vineyards

The Oratory is a church belonging to the Bianchi family which stands isolated in the hills above Sizzano

We are on the Novara hills. This is the name commonly used to identify the hilly area of the province of Novara. Located north of the capital, in the central part of the province, it is bordered by the Sesia rivers to the west and the Ticino rivers to the east and borders the Vergante to the north. The altitude is between 190 and 470 m above sea level.

The partisans of the "Volante Loss" brigade, active throughout the Novara area and Valsesia between 1943 and 1945, had their hideouts and bases on the Novara Hills. The Bergamina farmhouse, which stands alone, was a particularly frequented and safe place for them. and hidden in a depression near the Strona. In support of the victims of the war and in thanks for the freedom and peace regained, the statue of the Madonnina was erected in the weeks immediately following April 25, 1945, sculpted in Candoglia marble by the sculptor Malerba of the Fabbrica del Duomo of Milan. The image was solemnly inaugurated on the first Sunday of August 1945. Video by FAI: https://m.facebook.com/FAIGruppoCollineNovaresi/videos/bergamina-di-sizzano-un-luogo-legato-alla-seconda-guerra-mondiale/456994452182655/

Source: Municipality of Briona

The fortress was seized by the Ducal Chamber of Milan together with the family possessions (including Castello di Vaprio). The family then managed to get the castle back in 1653 thanks to Manfredi's niece who had married the Marquis Pozzo D'Annone. The castle remained the property of the Pozzo D'Annone family until 1864, when they sold it to the Baron and General of Sabaudia Paolo Solari, diplomat and aide to Vittorio Emanuele II. In 1867 Solaroli was awarded the title of Marquis of Briona by King Vittorio Emanuele II. Relics belonging to Paolo Solaroli are visible in the Castle.

.In 1449 the destiny of Briona was set in Melegnano: Francesco Sforza, set out to conquer the duchy of Milan, to repay his debt to Giovanni Tornielli who had been fighting at his side for two years, granted him "castrum and locum Brione" as a fief with all power to administer justice and collect the financial proceeds due to the administration of the State. In 1486, Tornielli wanted to live in Briona with his son Melchiorre and therefore decided to build, within the perimeter of the fortress, the fortress, one of the most evocative military buildings in the Novara area. Melchiorre's son, Manfredo sides with the French against Milan. His daughter Antonia Tornielli married Giovanni Battista Caccia known as "Cccetto" in 1597, who went to live in the fortress of Briona at least starting from 1598, guilty of many crimes and anti-Spanish activities, he was executed in Milan in 1609