St. John’s Church
The foundation stone for this building was laid on 24th June 1635, the feast day of St John. The church was built with the help of the worshippers from the ‘Porta di Sotto’ (southern part of the town) who wanted to exorcise the tragic consequences of the plague. Today, there is still a side door […]
St. Joseph’s Church
The construction of the Oratory dates back to the end of the 12th century. Later, in the 15th century, the new church was built, and in the 17th century it was enlarged with a second nave following the discovery of ‘miracles’ due to devotion to the fresco of the Madonna of the Milk of 1484. […]
St. Stephen’s Church
This Archpriest’s parish church was built in 1905 and dedicated to the related saint. The old church built in 1710 is still in the centre of the hamlet. The new parish church, designed by architect Stefano Molli and built with the labour and financial support of the population, dates back to 1933. The village of […]
Holy Cross Church
The Parish Church dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was erected as a ‘Rectory’ in 1972, then became a Parish Church on 20th June 1986. The ancient Oratory, built in the 17th century, received the proceeds from the public ovens, with the commitment to convert the product into Masses for the suffrage of […]
St. Marco Church
The parish church dedicated to the namesake saint was erected in 1947 to separate it from that of Borgomanero. In 1540, a water mill was built in the place called ‘cassine d’Agogna’ and then a small Oratory ‘where the neighbouring farmers gather on feast days to teach Christian doctrine to their children’. Bartolomeo Solari, a […]
Vergano Church
The first record of the existence of a ‘castrum’ in Vergano dates back to 1339 and is reported by the historian Azario. Already an autonomous Municipality since 1897, it was annexed to Borgomanero in 1928. The parish church was built in 1584 and dedicated to St Francis of Assisi and St Mary of the Assumption. […]
St. Christine’s Church
The parish church was erected by decree of Bishop Cardinal Morozzo in 1831. It is dedicated to the Virgin and martyr Saint Christine of Bolsena. The origin of this church dates back to a small Oratory with its ancient baptistery that was built between the second half of the 15th century and the beginning of […]
St. Alexander’s Church
It was restored in the 1920s and 1930s, but an old Gothic structure is still visible. It actually seems that the church was already documented in the 14th century. According to Molli, this religious building is linked to the protection of livestock. Cardinal Taverna ordered ‘the demolition of the altar’. Bartolomeo Falcone, a priest from […]
Oratory of St. Caterina
Also this Oratory, standing near the Araldo Bridge over the river Agogna, was present in the village as early as the 12th century. It was rebuilt and enlarged in the first half of the 16th century and reconstructed after the plague of 1630-31. Then, in 1680, it was given its present structure with the external […]
St. Nicholas and the Baraggiola tower
It is a single-nave construction with a gabled façade and a semicircular apse decorated with large arches in five groups, joined two by two. The church dates back to the end of the 10th century and is linked to the events of the curtis regia of Barazzola and the Ottonian donation of 962. The church […]
