Caltignaga
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Caltignaga is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northeast of Turin and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of Novara.
Caltignaga borders the following municipalities: Bellinzago Novarese, Briona, Cameri, Momo, Novara, and San Pietro Mosezzo.
01Main sights
- Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta (11th-12th centuries)
- Castle (14th-17th centuries)
- Oratory of Santi Nazzaro e Celso, in the frazione of Sologno (11th century). It is an example of Romanesque architecture housing, in the interior, mid-15th centuries frescoes by Giovanni da Campo and others. They depict stories of the legendary lives of Nazarius and Celsus.
- Remains of a Roman aqueduct
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- Caltignaga castello.jpg by Alessandro Vecchi, CC BY-SA 3.0
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