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The parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Quarona (VC), consecrated in 1667, is a seventeenth-century building with a single nave and a five-light pronaos on Corso P. Rolandi

The Parish Church of San Bernardo in Prato Sesia is an ancient basilica-style building with three naves, located in the Novara area.

She's NOT a girl with a broom! She's Blessed Panacea, patron saint of Valsesia, originally from Quarona and martyred on the hills outside the town, still buried in Ghemme in the great Antonellian chapel. And that's not a broom, but a shepherdess' crook.

Tiny village, but worth "crossing" and from which you can have a beautiful view of the lake

The favorite climb in training of the great Pasquale Fornara from Borgomanero (3rd in the Giro of '53, 4th in the Tour of '55, 2nd in the Vuelta of '58, 10th in the Sanremo of '58, 15th in the Liège of '53, 5th in the Lombardia of '51, 7th in the World Championships of '55, 4-time winner of the Tour of Switzerland), a pretty good athlete...

Between the town of Vacciago and its cemetery, on a panoramic point overlooking Lake Orta, stands the church of Sant'Antonio Abate. Mentioned for the first time in a document from 1217, it contains a splendid fresco depicting the glory of Sant’Antonio Abate, painted in 1691 by the painter Giorgio Bonola.

The hamlet of Lortallo was a very pleasant surprise for me. Leaving Ameno, I was attracted by the sight of the mighty tower, which I later discovered was built in the 13th century. It is in excellent condition. Next to the tower, there is the Church of San Grato, which dates back to the 18th century (the bell tower is dated 1758). To the side of the tower and the church (which unfortunately I found closed and which is rarely open), closing the pretty little square, there is one of the entrances to Palazzo Decio, which I could only see from the outside because it is privately owned. However, the palace is used as a location for weddings and other celebrations, so online it is possible to see the interior, which develops around a large garden with a splendid view of Lake Orta. But the surprises offered by Lortallo do not stop there. In fact, I read that archaeological research conducted in Lortallo between 1915 and 1938, brought to light one of the most important necropolises of the early First Iron Age. The necropolis complex features tombs dating from the 9th to the 5th century BC and the findings can be placed within the Golasecca Culture, a common expression of various Celtic tribal groups that lived in the early Iron Age in western Lombardy, the Novara area and the Canton of Ticino. In short, it seems that Lortallo has been inhabited since the dawn of time.