Bellinzago lies on the Novara plain, between the Ticino and the irrigated fields, and consists of the main settlement and two hamlets, Badia di Dulzago and Cavagliano. On 31 May 1863 the word Novarese was added to the name, to tell it apart from other places called Bellinzago. With eleven other comuni it belongs to the Piedmontese Ticino park.
Inside the park lies the WWF oasis of the Baraggia di Bellinzago, created to protect the Italian spadefoot toad, a rare species. West of the village stands the Mulino Vecchio, the only one of the valley's many mills still working: in the Eighties the park authority bought and restored it, and today it is a regional centre for environmental education. The parish church of San Clemente is a design by Alessandro Antonelli.
chiesa di San Vito · Castello di Cavagliano · Mulino vecchio and 1 more
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Next up: Saint Clement, patron of a church signed by Antonelli, Monday 23 November
Nearest airport: Milano Malpensa, 11 km away
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📅 Every year, on 23 November
Bellinzago Novarese celebrates Saint Clement, pope and martyr, on 23 November; the parish church dedicated to him was designed by architect Alessandro Antonelli, the same behind Turin's Mole.
chiesa di San Vito Romanesque on the edge of Cavagliano, its apse frescoed by a follower of Gaudenzio Ferrari. 
Castello di Cavagliano On the Cavagliano hill, the Caccia family castle turned residence and then farmstead. 
Mulino vecchio Three iron wheels on the Roggia Molinara and the millstones still in place: it still works. 
chiesa di San Clemente The parish church Antonelli designed and nobody finished, wearing a facade not his own. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Bellinzago Novarese, but an easy day trip away.
