Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the popular Piazza Mercato in Domodossola is transformed into a sea of market stands, pleasant bars and restaurants, typical Italian piazza, great beautiful old buildings. This place is super incredible; It feels like from an Alphine movie, where you can scroll around and sit on the nice Piazza, looking towards the great surroundings.
Located in Val d’Ossola, on flat terrain surrounded by mountains, Domodossola at first sight looks unpromising, but ignore the unprepossessing outskirts and wander into the narrow car-free alleyways in the centre and you’ll find a perfectly preserved medieval town centre, a delightfully atmospheric warren of cobbled lanes and endearingly scruffy buildings, old fashioned shops, ornate wooden doors and balconies, rickety old wooden stairs, churches and tiny squares some of which boast lovely fountains. The jewel in the crown is undoubtedly Domodossola’s small main square, Piazza del Mercato, where time seems to have stood still for centuries. The glorious medieval centre also encompasses other smaller, but equally picturesque squares which have recently been renovated.
Market day (Saturday) is a special occasion and has been for hundreds of years. Crowds throng the central streets in search of bargains and countless colourful stalls enliven the streets; in the same way that famous Luino market has a special allure for Swiss visitors, thousands take the train from Switzerland under the Simplon Pass on Saturday mornings to visit Domodossola’s market and maybe to eat in one of the picturesque restaurants in the town centre.
Domodossola is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola. The Peruvian aviation pioneer, Jorge Chávez died here in 1910 in an airplane crash
The major attraction of Domodossola is the Sacro Monte del Calvario (Calvary), built in 1657 by Capuchin monks, and designated UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003.
Domodossola close to an alluvial plain at the confluence of five valleys. The odlr oad to trhe Simplon Pass and to the Alpine passes went through the village. The important role of trade to this border town is confirmed by road and rail connections. The Sacred Mount Calvary is situated on the Mattarella Hill and is included in the Unesco "World Heritage" list routes of great historical interestz and natural beauty start from Domodossola. Anzasca Valley: Macugnaga (Walser Village) and the Monte Rosa (the second highest mountain in Europe. The natural aprks of Alpe Viglia, Alpe Deveno, the upper Atrona Valley and the Val Grande National park (the largest wilderness area in Italy). Baceno with the Parish Church of Saint Gaudenzio (XI Century), the most beautiful church in the Alps. The Formazza Valley with the Toce Waterfall, the most beautiful waterfall in Europe. The Vigezzo Valley (Valley of Painters), which can be reached by the typical blue and white train call "La Vigezzina and the htorical and art village of Santa maria Maggiore. The Bognanco Valley, land of woods and natural lakes, full of mineral curative springs. In lower Ossola we find the ancient medieval village of Vogogna, the beautiful and quiet atmosphere of the Mergozzo lake, the entwork of military fortifications of the "Cadorna Line" in the territory of Ornavasso.
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