Arcumeggia

Bocc - Barbara Galbiati 1994

The billy goat head ("bocc") is the Arcumeggia's symbol.

Arcumeggia, Casalzuigno hamlet, is situated between the Valcuvia Valley and Lake Maggiore, not far away from Luino, Laveno and Varese.

It is a quiet and typical mountain village and has on the external walls of the houses a real gallery of contemporary art with frescoes by Italian talented artists such as Giovanni Brancacci, Remo Brindisi, Aldo Carpi, Cristoforo De Amicis, Gioxe De Micheli, Gianni Dova, Umberto Faini, Carlo Fayer, Ferruccio Ferrazzi, Barbara Galbiati, Francesco Menci, Giuseppe Migneco, Sante Monachesi, Giuseppe Montanari, Luigi Montanarini, Enzo Morelli, Massimo Parietti, Bruno Saetti, Innocente Salvini, Aligi Sassu, FiorenzoTomea, Eugenio Tomiolo, Ernesto Treccani, Carmelo Nino Trovato, Gianfilippo Usellini.

Because of the world-wide renown of the artists that painted its walls, Arcumeggia is the most important "Painted town". Its frescoes renewed the rural life and the ancient traditions.

The stations of the Cross on Sant'Ambrogio's churchyard have been painted by Brancaccio, Brindisi, Carpi, Monachesi, Montanari, Montanarini, Morelli, Sassu, Torniolo,Usellini between 1956 and 1965.

The narrow streets and the courts are all an outdoor frescoes gallery.