Chiesa di San Remigio
Verbania
An old Romanesque church of the '100, built of stone blocks. A national monument, it preserves beautiful paintings inside. The building is a suggestive place.
Villa Pallavicino
Stresa
Villa Pallavicino is a 19th century villa, surrounded by landscaped parkland containing beautiful flowers, plants and trees with a small zoo.
Museo dell' Ombrello
Verbania
This is located in Gignese near Stresa and contains a wonderful collection of umbrellas and parasols including a detailed history of the many families from the Gignese are who build them.
Museo della Bambola e del Giocattolo
Angera
The Doll and Toy Museum was founded by Princess Bona Borromeo Arese and, at a later time, was transferred to the Borromeo Fortress of Angera. The building, for its works and its objects, is the most important in Europe. Inside we can observe real masterpieces, more than a thousand collections of dolls dating back to the eighteenth century, up to the present day, arranged in twelve rooms.
Museo archeologico dell'Abbazia
Novalesa
In the millennial abbey of Novalesa since 2009, the Archaeological Museum exhibits most of the finds that emerged from the excavation campaigns conducted from 1978 to today, as well as two sections dedicated to monastic history and to restoration of the book. The first room is dedicated to the restoration of the book, art still practiced today in the laboratory attached to the abbey, and illustrates the types of writer supports, the evolution of writing, the techniques of engraving and press, and restoration. The same room also houses the section dedicated to the history of monasticism and monastic life. In the third room there is the largest number of artifacts, grouped according to chronology: fragments of statues, funeral inscriptions, parts of sarcophagi and architectural elements, everyday objects and fragments of fresco pictorial decorations assigned to the intervention of Tolosan Anthoyne de Lhonye.
Palazzo Borromeo: Museo Artistico e Storico
Stresa
Museo del Paesaggio
Verbania
The Landscape Museum is a cultural institution deeply linked to the territory of Lake Maggiore and its back valleys. The main exhibition venue of the Museum is Palazzo Viani Dugnani in Verbania Pallanza, it houses the Troubetzkoy Gipsoteca, the sculpture collection, the Pinacoteca and temporary exhibitions.
Abbazia di Novalesa
Novalesa