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Gravellona Lomellina

Town of Art, Nature, and Imagination

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Gravellona Lomellina is known in the Lomellina region as the "town of art" due to the frescoes and murals that decorate houses, the electric cabins transformed with eyes and ears, the artistic posts of the bike paths, the wrought iron figures on the roofs, mosaics on the sidewalks, and other decorative elements made of various materials placed around the town. This artistic decoration, which mainly reflects the agricultural nature of the town, started in 1992 in the Barbavara district and then spread to Gravellona.

Every year, in the first weeks of June, starting from 1996, the "Festa dell'Arte" (Festival of Art) is organized. The festival involves the whole town, and for each edition, a different piece of art is installed in the town.

The gable of the church with the iron sculpture of a witch The Festa dell'Arte started as an outdoor thematic exhibition, with 70 murals (many of which have been lost) in the Barbavara district, inspired by a similar experience in 1956 in the municipality of Arcumeggia in the Varese area.

The Barbavara district, unlike other towns and cities in the plains, does not welcome visitors with the back of its outskirts but with a row of houses overlooking the rice fields. It is also home to art works and is connected to Vigevano and Gravellona by bike routes (dirt paths).

The Municipal Park of the Three Lakes surrounds the private park of the Barbavara Counts Where there are now ponds, marshes, hills, meadows, avenues, and forests, there were only fields until a few years ago. The Municipality purchased 20 hectares of rice field land and, with the help of many volunteers, transformed it into an oasis of biodiversity and leisure.

On July 15, 2013, the new cat mayor arrived! Her name is Marina! On February 22, 2014, she co-officiated a civil marriage!


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Places

Three Lakes Park of Gravellona Lomellina

  • Parks
Three Lakes Park of Gravellona Lomellina
483 mt

Parona

  • Villages
Parona
5.64 km

Castle of Vigevano

The Castle of Vigevano is considered one of the biggest fortified structures in Europe, occupying 70 thousand square metres.
  • Art & Culture
Sforza Castle in Vigevano
7.4 km

National Archaeological Museum of Lomellina

  • Art & Culture
National Archaeological Museum of Lomellina
7.4 km

International footwear museum

An art and a tradition in the town that has been the shoes world capital
  • Art & Culture
International Footwear Museum
7.4 km

Casimiro Ottone Civic Art Gallery

  • Art & Culture
Casimiro Ottone Civic Art Gallery
7.42 km

Leonardiana

On the trail of Leonardo da Vinci, the museum itinerary inside the Castello di Vigevano
  • Art & Culture
Leonardiana
7.47 km

Vigevano

A Renaissance Gem in the Heart of Lomellina
  • Villages
Vigevano
7.5 km

Piazza Ducale in Vigevano

You will be enchanted by one of the most beautiful Renaissance squares
  • Art & Culture
Piazza Ducale in Vigevano
7.5 km

Museum of Vigevano Entrepreneurship

  • Art & Culture
Museum of Vigevano Entrepreneurship
7.52 km

The Covered Road of Vigevano

The longest in Europe: 167 meters in length and 7 meters in width.
  • Art & Culture
The Covered Road of Vigevano
7.54 km

Duomo di Vigevano

It delimits the eastern side of the Piazza Ducale, with its grandiose Baroque façade
  • Religious Tourism
Duomo di Vigevano, Churches of Pavia
7.56 km

Cagnoni Civic Theatre

The theatre of Vigevano
  • Art & Culture
Cagnoni Civic Theatre
7.57 km

Mill of Mora Bassa

In the ancient halls of the Mora Bassa Mill in Vigevano, a permanent exhibition on "Leonardo's Machines"
  • Art & Culture
Mill of Mora Bassa
7.57 km

Museum of the Treasure of the Vigevano Cathedral

  • Art & Culture
Museum of the Treasure of the Vigevano Cathedral
7.66 km

Sanctuary of Madonna del Campo - Mortara

  • Religious Tourism
Sanctuary of Madonna del Campo - Mortara
7.94 km

Santa Croce abbey - Mortara

The Santa Croce abbey was instead the church of Ordine Mortariense
  • Religious Tourism
Santa Croce abbey - Mortara
8.76 km

Mortara

Mortara has earned the title of the homeland of the world's finest "Salame d’Oca" over the decades.
  • Villages
Mortara
8.82 km

Basilica of San Lorenzo - Mortara

  • Art & Culture
Basilica of San Lorenzo - Mortara
8.87 km

Nicorvo

  • Villages
Di Alessandro Vecchi
8.93 km

Where to sleep

B&B DAL GIOTU

Gravellona Lomellina
B&B DAL GIOTU
310 mt

MAISON 39

Vigevano
MAISON 39
4.51 km

HOTEL SARATOGA

Vigevano
HOTEL SARATOGA
5.96 km

PICCOLA BAITA

Vigevano
PICCOLA BAITA
5.97 km

COTTAGE VIGEVANO

Vigevano
COTTAGE VIGEVANO
6.36 km

APPARTAMENTO SANTA RITA

Vigevano
APPARTAMENTO SANTA RITA
6.55 km

CASA SCARANO

Vigevano
CASA SCARANO
6.58 km

FORESTERIA LOMBARDA CASA SCARANO DI SCARANO RENATO

Vigevano
FORESTERIA LOMBARDA CASA SCARANO DI SCARANO RENATO
6.58 km

NUOVO HOTEL

Vigevano
NUOVO HOTEL
6.73 km

DA CARLITA: RIPOSO E RISTORO

Vigevano
DA CARLITA: RIPOSO E RISTORO
6.77 km

LA TORRE DEL BRAMANTE

Vigevano
LA TORRE DEL BRAMANTE
6.79 km

HOTEL DUCALE

Vigevano
HOTEL  DUCALE
7.11 km

RESIDENZA SAN BERNARDO

Vigevano
RESIDENZA SAN BERNARDO
7.11 km

LOCANDA SAN BERNARDO

Vigevano
LOCANDA SAN BERNARDO
7.11 km

APPARTAMENTO STELLA

Vigevano
APPARTAMENTO STELLA
7.15 km

LA PELLIZZERA

Vigevano
LA PELLIZZERA
7.18 km

Agr. Manzini

Mortara
Agr. Manzini
7.2 km

I Mulini B&B

Vigevano
I Mulini B&B
7.26 km

CASA DEGLI ARTISTI

Vigevano
CASA DEGLI ARTISTI
7.28 km

B&B di Guglieri Mara

Vigevano
B&B di Guglieri Mara
7.29 km