Galliate is a comune

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

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 region 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 90 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 7 km northeast 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...

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Galliate borders the following municipalities: Cameri

Cameri

Cameri is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 6 km northeast of Novara...

, 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...

, Romentino

Romentino

Romentino is a town of about 5000 inhabitants in the province of Novara, Piedmont 8 km East of Novara and 40 km West of Milano. It has an area of about 18 square kilometres....

, and Turbigo

Turbigo

Turbigo is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km west of Milan, along the Naviglio Grande canal. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,486 and an area of 8.5 km²....

. It is home to a late-15th century castle built under the Sforza family of Milan, and to the 16th century sanctuary of Varallino, designed by Pellegrino Tibaldi

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Pellegrino Tibaldi , also known as Pellegrino di Tibaldo de Pellegrini, was an Italian mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter.-Biography:...

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The commune's territory is included in the Ticino River

Ticino River

The river Ticino is a left-bank tributary of the Po River. It has given its name to the Swiss canton through which its upper portion flows.-The course:...

 Natural Park.

Notable Galliatesi

• Achille Varzi
  Achille Varzi
  Achille Varzi , was an Italian Grand Prix driver.-Career:Born in Galliate, province of Novara , Achille Varzi was the son of a prosperous textile manufacturer...
  
   (1904–1948), Grand Prix motor racing champion.
• Massimo Maccarone
  Massimo Maccarone
  Massimo Maccarone is an Italian association football striker currently playing for Sampdoria....
  
  (born 1979), Italian international footballer.

External links

• Official website