Gattinara is a planned town: the comune of Vercelli founded it in 1242 as a borgo franco, that is free of feudal burdens, with twelve rectangular blocks, and forcibly moved into it the inhabitants of the villages around, Castellazzo, Loceno, Locenello, Mezzano and Rado, which from then on disappeared.
The fortifications came first: between 1185 and 1187 the men of Vercelli had raised a castle around the hill church of San Lorenzo, guarding the mouths of the Valsesia. Of that system the Torre delle Castelle survives, today the symbol of the town. The name Gattinara, though, travels mostly on labels: the DOCG red produced on these hills.
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Next up: Saint Peter and the grape festival, Tuesday 29 June
Nearest airport: Milano Malpensa, 28 km away
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📅 Every year, on 29 June
On 29 June Gattinara celebrates Saint Peter; at the start of September, instead, comes the grape festival, with taverns cooking in the streets and Gattinara wine.
chiesa di San Pietro The grand chancellor of Charles V asked to be buried underfoot, out of humility 
chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario Gerolamo Giovenone's triptych of the early 1530s, above the niche of the Virgin 
chiesa di Santa Marta Beneath the baroque, frescoes of 1460 survive: processions of notables and common folk 
castello di San Lorenzo At 540 metres, the ruins of the castle Vercelli raised in 1187 over the mouths of the Valsesia 
Torre delle Castelle Gattinara's symbol: an eleventh-century tower between two walled enclosures, now among vineyards 
Villa Cavalleri Twenty oak barrels of a hundred hectolitres, then a storm and a passage to Argentina Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Gattinara, but an easy day trip away.
