Agrate Conturbia ( Piedmontese: ''Agrà e Contòrbia'', Lombard: ''Agraa e Contorbia'') is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara, in the Italian region of

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, located about northeast of

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and about north of

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

. It consists of two towns, Agrate and Conturbia, located in the low hills between Cressa and Borgo Ticino, south of Lake Maggiore. Agrate Conturbia borders the following municipalities:

Bogogno Bogogno (Piedmontese: ''Boeugn'', Lombard: ''Buögn'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Bogogno borders the following mun ...

, Borgo Ticino,

Divignano Divignano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. Divignano borders the following municipalities: Agrate Conturbia, Borgo Ticino, Marano ...

Gattico-Veruno Gattico-Veruno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Novara, Piedmont, northern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle ...

Mezzomerico Mezzomerico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. Mezzomerico borders the following municipalities: Agrate Conturbia, Divignano, Mara ...

and

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Main sights

*Castle of Agrate, of which few original parts remain after it was damaged in 1400 *Castle of Conturbia, also modified *Parish church of ''San Vittore'', documented as early as 978 *Baptistry of Agrate, in Romanesque style. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The lower section (based over a Roman edifice) dates to about 930, while the upper one is from about 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 band A Lombard band is a decorative blind arcade, usually located on the exterior of building. It was frequently used during the Romanesque and Gothic periods of Western architecture. It resembles a frieze of arches. Lombard bands are believed to ha ...

s. The interior has some 15th-century frescoes. * Faunistic Park La Torbiera, a

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built in 1977

References

External links

Official website
Panthera pardus orientalis - Leopardo dell'Amur

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