Valle San Nicolao est une commune italienne de la province de Biella, dans la région Piémont.
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Valle San Nicolao is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 6 kilometres northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,136 and an area of 14.9 square kilometres.
Valle San Nicolao borders the following municipalities: Bioglio, Camandona, Cossato, Pettinengo, Piatto, Piedicavallo, Quaregna, Scopello, Strona, Trivero, Vallanzengo, Valle Mosso.
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Valle Mosso was a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 75 kilometres northeast of Turin, 85 kilometres northwest of Milan and 9 kilometres northeast of Biella. Until December 31, 2018, it constituted an autonomous municipality, which bordered the municipalities of Bioglio, Campiglia Cervo, Mosso, Pettinengo, Strona, Trivero, Vallanzengo, Valle San Nicolao and Veglio.
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The Banchette sanctuary devoted to the Virgin Mary situated in the Banchette hamlet, in the comune of Bioglio, near the village of Pettinengo.
Together with the Brugarola sanctuary in Ailoche, the Mazzucco Sanctuary in Camandona and the Brughiera sanctuary in Trivero it is one of the minor sanctuaries of the Biellese territory, all connected by the ways CoEur - In the heart of European paths and Path of Saint Charles.
It is built at 675 m altitude and it is an extradiocesan sanctuary run by Barnabites. Behind the church there is a building, dating to the first half of the 18th century, destined to the pilgrims. This hostel was built thanks to the donation of a Spanish military officer.
According to the legend, the sanctuary was built in order to remedy to the profanation of the fresco of the Virgin Mary perpetrated by a fool who threw stones against the image painted on a column. This gesture origined the surname of Madonna dal bull, the Virgin with a bruise. The ruined fresco is still visible today inside the church.
The actual building has been erected by the Barnabites around the ancient church which was used as leper hospital in 1630 during a plague.
The structure has been restored at the beginning of the 20th century. The parts of the original church are the façade and part of the lateral aisles.
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Ronco Biellese is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 100 kilometres northwest of Milan.
Ronco Biellese borders the following municipalities: Biella, Pettinengo, Ternengo, Valdengo, Vigliano Biellese, Zumaglia. It was in the past an important centre of terracotta manufacture.
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Zumaglia Castle is a medieval castle located at the top of Brich di Zumaglia on the borders of the communes of Zumaglia and Ronco Biellese in the Province of Biella, Italy.
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