Fontaneto d'Agogna is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

Province of Novara The province of Novara () is a Provinces of Italy, 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 whic ...

in the

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region

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

, located about northeast of

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and about northwest of

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

. It takes its name from the

Agogna The Agogna (in Piedmontese ''Agògna'') is a stream which runs through the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. It is a left side tributary of the river Po.''The Times'' (2003), ''Comprehensive Atlas of the World'', 11th edition, Times B ...

stream. Fontaneto d'Agogna borders the following municipalities:

Borgomanero Borgomanero (; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin, about northwest of Novara and about 60 km northwest of Milan. Borgomanero borders the following municipalities ...

Cavaglietto Cavaglietto is a ''municipality'' in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Cavaglietto borders the following municipalities: Barengo, Cavaglio d'Agogna Cavagli ...

Cavaglio d'Agogna Cavaglio d'Agogna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. ...

, Cavallirio, Cressa, Cureggio, Ghemme,

Romagnano Sesia Romagnano Sesia is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of about 4,000 inhabitants in the Province of Novara in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Romagnano Sesia borders the fol ...

, and Suno.

Main sights

*Parish Church of ''Beata Vergine Maria Assunta'' - It was built on a pre-existing cemetery church of the 11th century. The bell tower was built next to the

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in the mid-16th century, and the

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

was added in 1617. In the mid-19th century the architect

Alessandro Antonelli Alessandro Antonelli (July 14, 1798 – October 18, 1888) was an Italian architect of the 19th century. He was the most prominent Neoclassicism, Neoclassical 19th-century architect in Piedmont, with a long and prolific career that included design ...

created the scurolo of Sant'Alessandro (i.e. a small chapel that houses the relics of the saint, which were brought from Rome to Fontaneto d'Agogna). Inside of this circular building, connected to the church, there are important pictorial works dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. *Church of ''San Martino'' - It was first mentioned in the '' Consignationes'' by the curia of Novara in 1347. The church has three naves and a facade with 18th century frescoes. It is located near the spring known as ''Fontana di San Martino'', as it is associated with rituals linked to the cult of water, inspired by ancient pagan cultures. Nowadays it is believed that these waters are spiritually purifying, since they flow near the fresco of the Virgin Mary by Sperindio Cagnola, which can be found inside of the church.

References

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