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Varallo Pombia

Province: Novara · Region: Piedmont · Population: 5,004 · Postal code: 28040

The name appears for the first time in a document of 885, kept in the chapter archive of Novara, where it is written Uuaralo. In the Latin documents it later reads Varalli Pombiae, and elsewhere Varallum Plumbiense.

According to some scholars Varallo could derive from variarius, in the sense of uncultivated, rough ground. The comune lies between the Ticino and Monte Bugno, belongs with eleven others to the Piedmontese park of the Ticino, and is crossed by the European path linking the north of the continent to the Mediterranean: here it enters the woods of the Paniscèra.

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saints Vincent and Anastasius, patrons celebrated the week after Easter, Tuesday 30 March

Getting there

Nearest airport: Milano Malpensa, 8 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Varallo Pombia 1

Patron saint festival In 167 days

Saints Vincent and Anastasius, patrons celebrated the week after Easter

📅 Every year, on the first Tuesday after Easter; Saint Anne co-patroness on 26 July

Varallo Pombia celebrates Saints Vincent and Anastasius on the first Tuesday after Easter, in the church dedicated to them; co-patroness is Saint Anne, celebrated on 26 July with a procession through the town's streets, while on the first Saturday of September a votive pilgrimage to the Sacro Monte di Varese is held.

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Near Varallo Pombia

The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.

Pombia Pombia Novara · 2 km Divignano Divignano Novara · 3 km Golasecca Golasecca Varese · 4 km Borgo Ticino Borgo Ticino Novara · 4 km Marano Ticino Marano Ticino Novara · 4 km Somma Lombardo Somma Lombardo Varese · 5 km

Places to see within 25 km

Outside Varallo Pombia, but an easy day trip away.

Museo storico militare Brigata Catanzaro 📍 Catanzaro · 7.8 km Catanzaro museum of the Catanzaro Brigade: arms, uniforms and relics from Napoleon to the Second World War. Chiesa di Sant'Omobono 📍 Catanzaro · 9.0 km Catanzaro church with Norman-Byzantine features, described as the oldest place of worship in the city. Basilica dell'Immacolata Concezione 📍 Catanzaro · 9.3 km Catanzaro basilica built in 1254, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, patron of the city. Chiesa del Santissimo Rosario 📍 Catanzaro · 9.5 km Fifteenth-century church in Catanzaro, consecrated in 1499, with a Baroque mother-of-pearl altar. Villa Margherita 📍 Catanzaro · 9.7 km Catanzaro's oldest public garden, of 1881, with an archaeological museum, a library and a view over the gulf. Castello normanno-svevo di Nicastro 📍 Lamezia Terme · 16 km Medieval castle on the hill of San Teodoro in Nicastro, with cylindrical towers and a pentagonal keep.