What to see and visit

Rimella has been the first community walser founded in Valsesia and it is the only still present in Val Mastallone. Even nowadays  the inhabitants speak the ancient language walser (tittschu) and on special occasions, such as marriages, they wear the traditional dresses.
The territory is preserved uncontaminated, and it still maintains in the 14 different communities the original and primitive architecture.

To see in Rimella:

• Museo Antropologico "Giovanni Battista Filippa"
• Ecomuseo Walser
• Visita San Gottardo

Valsesia Lancia Story, together with te Lancia Family, in honour of Vincenzo Lancia, has created in Fobello an exposition dedicated to the founder of the “Lancia” company

In the museum you can admire one of the most important collections (1000 papers) of botanical studies by the Abbot Carestia, thanks to Pier Ugo Tirozzo and his father.

The museum is located in a strategic panoramic point in the community of Campelli di Fobello, in Val Mastallone. It first opened in 1993 in professor's Tirozzo house, that was given in 1987 to CAI.

Website Museo Carestia Tirozzo

Natural reserve of  Sacro Monte of Varallo, sanctuary wanted in 1491 by the priest Bernardino Caimi  that is now patrimony of the Unesco.
Varallo is only 19 Km away from Rimella. What to see in Varallo: the Sacro Monte, the art gallery and Villa Virginia.

Impressive mill with water forge.

The mill was built in 1600, and in its structure we find many functions: oven, forge,  mill, joinery and deposit of wheat.

You will be able to visit the borough that was famous in all european courts in 1700 thanks to the faux marble painting technique, which consists in the creation of fake marble pieces thanks to the smart use of colours.

Must see: Museum Gipsoteca "Pietro Della Vedova".

Rassa, in the marvelous Valley Artogna, is known because of its position: it is a village set in the rock face of the mountain!

Must see: Ecomuseum of Wood and Lime

Located on the south slope of Mount Rosa, founded in 1200 by some Walser colonisers, nowadays Alagna is very important for the ecomuseum in Valsesia thanks to its rock ovens, to its mills and thanks to the old  sawmill.

Must see: the Church dedicated to San Giovanni Battista, the Castle, Henricis' house and the Walser ecomuseum.

Di Alessandro Vecchi - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 3.0, Collegamento
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

On the banks of the Lake Orta there is a little but fascinating town: Orta San Giulio, faced by the breathtaking Isle San Giulio.

These gardens are two of the most important botanical gardens in the world thanks to their beauty and to the variety of flowers that they house.

Web Site of the Botanical Gardens of Villa Taranto