San Nazzaro Sesia
Encyclopedia
San Nazzaro Sesia is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Novara
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 70 km northeast of Turin
and about 15 km west of Novara
.
San Nazzaro Sesia borders the following municipalities: Albano Vercellese
, Biandrate
, Casalbeltrame
, Casalvolone
, Greggio
, Oldenico
, Recetto
, and Villata
. It is home to the Abbey of San Nazzaro e Celso, one of the most important Romanesque
complexes in Piedmont.
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
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 70 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 15 km west 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...
.
San Nazzaro Sesia borders the following municipalities: Albano Vercellese
Albano Vercellese
Albano Vercellese is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km north of Vercelli....
, Biandrate
Biandrate
Biandrate is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 12 km west of Novara.-History:...
, Casalbeltrame
Casalbeltrame
Casalbeltrame is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 12 km west of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 883 and an area of 15.9 km².The rice paddies of Casalbeltrame are known for the...
, Casalvolone
Casalvolone
Casalvolone is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km southwest of Novara...
, Greggio
Greggio
Greggio is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km north of Vercelli....
, Oldenico
Oldenico
Oldenico is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 10 km northwest of Vercelli....
, Recetto
Recetto
Recetto is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km west of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 865 and an area of 8.8 km²....
, and Villata
Villata
Villata is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km north of Vercelli....
. It is home to the Abbey of San Nazzaro e Celso, one of the most important Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
complexes in Piedmont.