Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Gifflenga celebrates its patron Saint Martin, to whom the parish church is dedicated.
Biella is one of Italy's newest provinces, drawn only in 1992 in the northern corner of Piedmont, with the Aosta Valley along its western edge and the Turin and Vercelli areas closing it in elsewhere. Some 913 square kilometres, 74 municipalities, 182,192 residents: a small, tight territory in which the city of Biella alone accounts for nearly a quarter of the population, while the smallest village on the list has 87 people.
After Biella and its 43,800 inhabitants the ranking drops away fast — Cossato under 15,000, Valdilana just above 12,000, Candelo below 8,000. There is no second city to balance the capital, and that shapes a visit here: short moves between neighbouring towns rather than one base worth a week.
Towns in the province of Biella
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74 towns
Ailoche Andorno Micca Benna Biella Capital Bioglio Borriana Brusnengo Callabiana Camandona Camburzano Campiglia Cervo Candelo Caprile Casapinta Castelletto Cervo Cavaglià Cerrione Coggiola Cossato Crevacuore Curino Donato Dorzano Gaglianico Gifflenga Graglia Lessona Magnano Massazza Masserano Mezzana Mortigliengo Miagliano Mongrando Mottalciata Muzzano Netro Occhieppo Inferiore Occhieppo Superiore Pettinengo Piatto Piedicavallo Pollone Ponderano Portula Pralungo Pray Quaregna Cerreto Ronco Biellese Roppolo Rosazza Sagliano Micca Sala Biellese Salussola Sandigliano Sordevolo Sostegno Strona Tavigliano Ternengo Tollegno Torrazzo Valdengo Valdilana Vallanzengo Valle San Nicolao Veglio Verrone Vigliano Biellese Villa del Bosco Villanova Biellese Viverone Zimone Zubiena Zumaglia
The top 15 places in Biella
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Basilica di San Sebastiano 📍 Biella The Renaissance church of the Lateran canons in Biella, with Lanino's Assumption and a 51-metre bell tower. 2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Battistero di Biella 📍 Biella Biella's four-apsed Romanesque baptistery, with a Roman relief of pagan subject above the door. 3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Duomo di Biella 📍 Biella Biella's cathedral of Saint Stephen, born of a vow in 1399, with every wall painted in trompe-l'œil. - 4 Museo del Territorio biellese Biella · 🖼️ Museums
- 5 Santuario di Oropa Biella · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 ricetto di Candelo Candelo · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 7 Oasi Zegna Valdilana · 🌋 Nature & views
- 8 Castello di Castellengo Cossato · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 9 santuario di Nostra Signora della Brughiera Valdilana · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta Valdilana · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 11 chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta Vigliano Biellese · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 12 Villa Era Vigliano Biellese · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 13 Ecomuseo del Cossatese e della Baragge Cossato · 🖼️ Museums
- 14 Villa Berlanghino Cossato · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 15 Villa Ranzoni Cossato · 🏰 Castles & palaces
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Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Sala Biellese celebrates its patron Saint Martin in the main settlement, to whom the parish church is dedicated.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
📅 Every year, on 8 December
On 8 December Portula celebrates its patroness, the Immaculate Conception; the municipal territory hosts the Santuario della Novareia.
Saint Stephen, patron whose ancient church gave rise to the town
📅 Every year, on 26 December
Biella celebrates Saint Stephen on 26 December; the town grew up around the baptistery and bell tower of an ancient church dedicated to him, choosing as its symbol the bear, once common in the valleys around the famous sanctuary of Oropa.