Holiday apartment in Borgolavezzaro – churches, wetlands and nature projects

Borgolavezzaro is a destination for you if you would like to combine different types of discovery when planning your trip. Palazzo Longoni stands in the town centre, while churches with Baroque features tell specific stories of architecture and dates. Outside the built-up area is Cascina Caccia, on the road to Nicorvo; Agogna Morta adds a wetland located in Borgolavezzaro and Nicorvo. When looking for a holiday apartment in Borgolavezzaro, you can therefore decide at an early stage whether your days should focus more strongly on local culture, nature-related topics or a mixture of both.

Churches and buildings with clear historical traces

The parish church of Saints Bartholomew and Gaudentius was designed by Antonelli in 1835 and later built according to a new design developed between 1856 and 1863. Its interior has a single nave and a barrel vault resting on two rows of columns along the sides of the enclosing walls. The architecture and building history can therefore be examined here through specific forms and dates.

Palazzo Longoni is an 18th-century palace in the centre of Borgolavezzaro. During the First Italian War of Independence, it housed Marshal Radetzky's headquarters in 1849. The church of Santa Maria in Borgolavezzaro also features Baroque forms, dates from 1634 and has origins in the 16th century. The church of San Rocco in Borgolavezzaro likewise features Baroque forms; it dates from 1742 and has a neo-Gothic bell tower from 1881.

Nature between wetlands and environmental education

Agogna Morta is a wetland with an abandoned meander of the Agogna River and is located in the municipalities of Borgolavezzaro and Nicorvo. At Agogna Morta, work to restore and rehabilitate the site advanced the project for an open-air ecology laboratory and a wildlife observation centre. This means that the site combines a distinctive landscape with an explicitly planned ecological focus, without this implying that the project is currently accessible.

The Campo della Sciurä initiative serves to protect the distinctive geological features and reconstruct the original English oak forest. The Il Campo della Ghina botanical garden helps visitors, and especially school groups, identify and study trees and shrubs as part of environmental education excursions. The nature islands created by the Associazione Culturale Burchvif serve as a nature laboratory that can be used by school groups as part of ongoing environmental education.

These topics offer various points of connection for discoveries shared with others: they range from wetlands and river landscapes to geological features and forest reconstruction, as well as the identification of trees and shrubs. In addition, Lago dell’Olmo is a fenced body of water for sport fishing.

Include the location details in your planning

The spatial information helps you organise the priorities of your accommodation planning: Palazzo Longoni is in the town centre, Cascina Caccia is outside the built-up area of Borgolavezzaro on the road to Nicorvo, and Agogna Morta is located in two municipalities. This keeps the decision closely aligned with the destination's specific features.

For your further travel planning, you can also view Orta San Giulio, Pombia, Comignago, Vacciago, Paruzzaro, Fontaneto D'agogna, Maggiora and Agrate Conturbia.

For the overview of the wider area: Novara.