Category: Blog
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Giardino Botanico di Oropa
The construction of the Oropa Botanical Garden (first envisaged in the 1930s by Prof. Camillo Sormano in the Rivista Biellese magazine) was promoted by the Biella Garden Club Association in early 1990. The location chosen for this project was the basin where the Marian Shrine of Oropa is located, at an altitude of 1,200 metres,…
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Oasi Zegna
It all began with a single tree planted in Trivero. Today, over 500,000 trees thrive in the Oasi Zegna, symbolising our century-long commitment to nature. With the launch of Oasi Zegna Global Initiatives, that vision is taking shape through concrete actions: from the planting of 160,000 native trees to regenerate the Lake Christine area in…
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Giardino Belvedere Mariateresa
Mariateresa Belvedere is a successful Milanese entrepreneur who has been working in the beauty and aesthetics sector for more than fifty years, with a direct and decisive manner. When she arrived in the village of Caprile di Biella in 1990, she was comforted by the feeling of nature’s dominance, breathing in the peaceful air, listening…
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Giardino Spinarosa
The Spinarosa Botanical Garden is a precious little gem nestled among the ridges of the lower Val Borbera. A hidden and unique pearl in the Novese area. A green corner where a passion for plants sometimes blends with literature, sometimes with painting and sometimes with photography.
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Castello di Gabbiano
The maze at Gabiano Castle is one of the very few documented examples of its kind in Piedmont’s historic gardens. Its importance stems not only from its rarity, but also from the historical period in which it was created, namely the 1930s, a time when the established taste for landscaping was integrated with formal gardens…
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Villa Ottolenghi Wedekind
Villa Ottolenghi is the only example in Italy of close collaboration between architects, painters, sculptors and patrons to create a stately home characterised by the presence of important works of art. In 1920, Counts Ottolenghi, Arturo and Herta von Wedekind zu Horst, entrusted the design of Villa Ottolenghi first to Federico d’Amato and then to…
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Giardino Botanico Alpinia
The Alpinia Botanical Garden is situated in Alpino, at 800 meters high over Stresa, it has a overlooking on Lake Maggiore: a real natural balcony, where you can relax and stay in touch with the nature.This natural balcony has a Belvedere’s house where you can sit on comfortable benches and experience the wonderful view.In Alpinia…
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Giardini Botanici di Villa Taranto
Located in Verbania, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, the Botanical Gardens of Villa Taranto are a must-see destination for nature and landscape lovers. The result of the vision and work of Captain Neil McEacharn, who began this ambitious project in 1931, the park welcomes thousands of visitors every year. Here, among flower-lined paths and…
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Milan City Centre
Milan is the closest big city to Paruzzaro. The city boasts many popular tourist attractions, such as the Milan Cathedral and Piazza del Duomo, the Teatro alla Scala, the San Siro Stadium, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the Castello Sforzesco, the Pinacoteca di Brera, the Via Montenapoleone, the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, the Navigli and the Brera district. The Milan Cathedral is the city’s most popular tourist destination. Milan…
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Varallo – Museum and Monastery
Built from the end of the 15th century onwards, the magnificent Varallan complex mainly comprises about forty chapels, all frescoed and decorated with polychrome statues, and a grandiose Marian shrine overlooking a piazza-garden of great beauty. Initially founded as a reproduction of the Christian sites of the Holy Land, it was later transformed into a…