Vigliano has always been a place of passage between Biella and Cossato, and it owes much of its look to the nineteen-thirties: after Mussolini's visit of 18 May 1939 several public buildings were inaugurated, among them the town hospital, the station on the Biella-Novara line, the Industrial Union and the technical institute.
From that season the Torre Littoria also remains, designed in 1938 by the engineer Federico Maggia beside the Casa del Fascio. And a wall remains: that of the church of Santa Maria Assunta, Romanesque, of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where on 31 August 1944 the Nazi-Fascists shot four civilians and five partisans taken from the prison of Biella.
chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta · Villa Era
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Next up: Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven, patroness of a town that closes its street for the Saint Michael feast in late September, Sunday 15 August
Nearest airport: Milano Malpensa, 48 km away
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📅 Every year, on 15 August
Vigliano Biellese celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, with the church dedicated to her; in late September, instead, the feast of Saint Michael closes the town's main street to traffic, reviving an old tradition of stalls and street artists.
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