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View of Palestro – Sesia River Crossing loop from Palestro

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View of Palestro – Sesia River Crossing loop from Palestro

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View of Palestro – Sesia River Crossing loop from Palestro

06:25

25.3km

50m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 29, 2026

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Train Station

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2.13 km

View of Palestro

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Palestro was successively settled by the Celts, Etruscans and Romans, but is first mentioned in 999, when it was founded by Otto III. was handed over to the Bishop of Vercelli. The place was conveniently located on the Via Francigena and was fortified in the Middle Ages. In the 14th century it came into the possession of the Visconti, then fell to the Borromeo family and came under Spanish rule in 1500. From 1714 Palestro belonged to Austria.

At Vinzaglio and Palestro at the end of May 1859, during the Second Italian War of Independence, there were battles between Piedmontese and French units on the one hand and Austrian forces on the other. The Austrians were forced to retreat towards Milan. They suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Magenta.

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10.7 km

Sesia River Crossing

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The Sesia (Walser German female: Seeschera) is a river in Italy. It rises in the glaciers of the Monte Rosa massif, in the upper Valsesia valley above the municipality of Alagna Valsesia. In the upper section, the Sesia bears the clear characteristics of a torrent. There it receives numerous smaller streams, most of which come from the Valgrande glaciers. It receives numerous inflows along its course; on the right side of the Valsesia are the streams Olen, Otro, Vogna, Artogna, Zorba and Egna; on the left the Torrente Sermenza and the Mastallone.

The Sesia flows for a total of 138 kilometers through the towns of Borgosesia, Greggio and Vercelli before flowing into the Po. It forms the border between Piedmont and Lombardy. In the region around Arborio and Vercelli it serves as a source of water for rice cultivation.

A minority language of Piedmont is Walser German - an Alemannic dialect spoken in the upper Sesia/Seeschera valley.

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11.8 km

Sant'Agnese Church and Museo Borgogna, Vercelli

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The museum and the foundation that supports it were founded in 1907 by Antonio Borgogna and his friend Vincenzo Laviny and dedicated to Antonio's father. The Borgogna family and their collections formed the core of the museum. At the entrance to the museum is a posthumous bronze bust of Antonio (1910) by the Vercelli sculptor Francesco Porzio. Between 1912 and 1915 the museum was expanded with an additional wing designed by Giuseppe Leblis. In 1932, works of art from the Vercelli Institute of Fine Arts and from oppressed churches and monasteries were brought together here.

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13.0 km

Information Panel: The Exterior

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13.0 km

King Umberto I Monument

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13.0 km

Former General Hospital

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13.5 km

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour Square

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Vercelli is a lovely city center of modest size but with a unique charm: worth seeing are the central Piazza Cavour, the porticoes, the Basilica of Sant’Andrea with the 10th century “Vercelli Book”, the metropolitan cathedral of Sant’Eusebio and the “Arca” exhibition center near the church of San Marco.

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13.6 km

Angel Tower

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25.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.3 km

6.07 km

525 m

344 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.6 km

5.62 km

3.88 km

113 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 19 August

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View of Palestro – Sesia River Crossing loop from Palestro

View of Palestro

Sesia River Crossing

Sant'Agnese Church and Museo Borgogna, Vercelli

Information Panel: The Exterior

King Umberto I Monument

Former General Hospital

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour Square

Angel Tower

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