The parish church of the Assumption was already standing before the year 1000. In 1612 it collapsed, and two years later they rebuilt it: the patronal feast on 15 August has remained the day the town recognises itself, so much so that a local pastry shop invented Assumption biscuits for the occasion.
Cossato, 14,810 residents, is the second town of the Biella area by population and economy and lies at 257 metres, where the Mosso valley opens onto the plain. To the east begins the Baragge nature reserve; on the surrounding hills nebbiolo is grown, and the wines fall under the Coste della Sesia denomination.
The patron is the Assumption of Mary and the feast falls on 15 August. A recent sweet revolves around that date too: the Assumption biscuits, created in a local pastry shop in 2014 precisely for the patronal feast and sold by the parish church during the holidays.
Cossato's historic sweet, however, is another: the mantovane, recognised as a Traditional Agri-Food Product. They are hemispheres of puff pastry enclosing a soft filling of almonds and jam, and they take their name from their shape, which recalls mantua curtains; they are made at carnival time. Among the other things of the house are bagna càuda and san carlin, a spreadable cheese of fresh tomino, garlic and chilli.
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📅 Every year, on 15 August
On 15 August Cossato celebrates Santa Maria Assunta in the parish church raised before the year 1000, and since 2014 has had its own sweet for the occasion.
Castello di Castellengo A tenth-century castle turned residence: the Frichignono arms and the Savoy siege that ended in 1409. 
Ecomuseo del Cossatese e della Baragge A scattered museum of rural life, with the visitor centre for the Baragge reserve. Villa Berlanghino A wooden staircase and a park with Baveno granite grottoes, cedars, sequoias and palms. Villa Ranzoni The Ranzoni family's eighteenth-century villa, now the municipal library of Cossato. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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