Agrate Conturbia
Encyclopedia
Agrate Conturbia is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Novara
in the Italian
region of Piedmont
, located about 100 km northeast of Turin
and about 25 km north of Novara
. It consists ot two towns, Agrate and Coturbia, located in the low hills between Cressa
and Borgo Ticino
, south of Lake Maggiore
.
Agrate Conturbia borders the following municipalities: Bogogno
, Borgo Ticino
, Divignano
, Mezzomerico
, Suno
, and Veruno
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Novara
Province of Novara
Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region of Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
, located about 100 km northeast of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and about 25 km north of Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
. It consists ot two towns, Agrate and Coturbia, located in the low hills between Cressa
Cressa
Cressa is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,480 and an area of 7.1 km².Cressa borders the following municipalities: Bogogno,...
and Borgo Ticino
Borgo Ticino
Borgo Ticino is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km north of Novara...
, south of Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest of Italy and largest of southern Switzerland. Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy, it extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona.The climate is mild...
.
Agrate Conturbia borders the following municipalities: Bogogno
Bogogno
Bogogno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Novara...
, Borgo Ticino
Borgo Ticino
Borgo Ticino is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km north of Novara...
, Divignano
Divignano
Divignano is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 25 km north of Novara...
, Mezzomerico
Mezzomerico
Mezzomerico is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km north of Novara...
, Suno
Suno
Suno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km northwest of Novara...
, and Veruno
Veruno
Veruno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km north of Novara....
.
Main sights
- Castle of Agrate, of which few original parts remain after it was damaged in 1400
- Castle of Coturbia, also modified
- Parish church of San Vittore, documented as early as 978
- Baptistry of Agrate, in RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
style. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The lower section (based over a Roman edifice) dates to c. 930, while the upper one is from c. 1120. It has an octagonal plan, with a small portal surmounted by a single mullioned window. Further triple, blind mullioned windows decorate each face of the building, as well as Lombard bandLombard bandA Lombard band is a decorative blind arcade, usually exterior, often used during the Romanesque and Gothic periods of architecture.Lombard bands are believed to have been first used during the First Romanesque Period of the early 11th Century. At that time, they were the most common architectural...
s. The interior has some 15th century frescoes.