Carcegna is a small village located above the eastern shore of
Lake Orta
Lake Orta (Italian: ''Lago d’Orta'') is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore.
It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius (4th century), the patron saint of the regi ...
, at an altitude of 490m, in the
Province of Novara
Novara (It. ''Provincia di Novara'') is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.
In 1992, the new Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola was created through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previou ...
,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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Italy
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Administratively a ''
frazione
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'' of the
commune
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** Communes of ...
of
Miasino
Miasino 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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 950 and an area of .All demographic ...
, it has 260 inhabitants, called ''Carcegnesi''. Its patron saint is
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
, celebrated on 29 June.
Archaeological excavations have brought to light
Gaulish
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,
Gallo-Roman
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and
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remains. In the outskirts of the village there are ruins of a
fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
, probably of
Lombard origin.
The village is mentioned in the "Liber Cleri" as dependent of the parish church of
San Giulio di Orta in 1133.
The current church was built in 1661 over the foundations of the preceding
Romanesque one. It has paintings by
Luigi Scaramuccia
Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia (1616–1680) was an Italian painter and artist biographer of the Baroque period. He was a pupil, along with Giovanni Domenico Cerrini of the painter Guido Reni.
Born in Perugia to the painter Giovanni Antonio Scara ...
, and
Federico Bianchi, and
fresco
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s by
Luca Rossetti Luca Rossetti may refer to:
* Luca Rossetti (painter), Italian painter and architect of the 18th century
* Luca Rossetti (racing driver)
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.
References
Frazioni of the Province of Novara
Miasino
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