San Pietro Mosezzo is a ''

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'' (municipality) 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 ...

in the

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region

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, located about northeast of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

and about west 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 ...

. San Pietro Mosezzo is divided into four

frazioni A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...

(wards)—San Pietro (

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), Cesto, Mosezzo and Nibbia—and three hamlets—Cascinazza, San Stefano and Torre San Pietrina (San Pietro Mosezzo's industrial park). The

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flows across the town. San Pietro Mosezzo borders the following municipalities:

Biandrate Biandrate (Piedmontese: ''Biandrà'', Lombard: ''Biandraa'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Novara. History Archaeological findings h ...

Briona Briona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,196 and an area of .All demographics ...

Caltignaga Caltignaga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Caltignaga borders the following municipalities: Bellinzago Novarese, Briona, Cam ...

Casaleggio Novara Casaleggio Novara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in th ...

Casalino Casalino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,469 and an area of .All demograph ...

, Novara, and

Vicolungo Vicolungo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 857 and an area of .All demographics ...

Main sights

* Parish church of Saint Peter (16th century) * Parish church of Saints Vito and Modesto (12th century) * Parish church of Saints Quirico and Judith, at Cesto * Parish church of Saint Lawrence (11th century), at Nibbia * Farmstead Motta, whose existence is proven by a sale bill of August 2, 1380 between

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foundi ...

and Antonio Pozzo which transferred the property of the lands of

Vinzaglio Vinzaglio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Novara. It is an agricultural borough in the rice-growing plain of Vercelli. Vinzaglio bor ...

References

Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Novara-geo-stub