A few steps from Lake Orta and from the homonymous village is the small town called Legro. The peculiarity of this small town is its houses, whose walls have been decorated with about fifty colorful frescoes and paintings. The idea of embellishing the walls, and thus animating the location, was born in 1998. From that moment on, every year artists from all over the world, artists of international fame and those little-known or sometimes unknown, try their hand at telling, through the paintings on the walls of houses, scenes of cinema and television produced on the territory of Cusio and the nearby Lake Maggiore.
So we can see the gigantic fresco, which reproduces the posting of the poster of the movie “Bitter Rice” by Giuseppe De Santis, from 1949. There are other frescoes inspired by neorealism such as the 'Homage to Mario Camerini, 'The Secret Lover' or 'The Master'. There are also paintings that refer to older films such as 'The Ragger' or 'A Thorn in the Heart'.
I can assure you, it's a lot of fun going around with your head in the air, trying to guess what movie it's all about. I would say that the visit to Legro is mandatory and, by now, it is part of the tourist itinerary of Lake Orta. Not only as a curiosity, but as one of the main attractions, on par with Orta San Giulio, the island of San Giulio and Sacro Monte
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