Besozzo

It's a thickly populated town of remarkable importance and rich of history. Today Besozzo has two nuclei: Besozzo Superiore, the most ancient, and Besozzo Inferiore, more recent and center of the city life.

Placed on the hill belt that stretches between Lake Maggiore and Lake Varese, it was probably inhabited by the same pile dweller populations who lived on the near Lake Varese. Many archeological findings evidence that in the area there was an important settlement, along the road that linked Sesto Calende to the Tresa bridge and the Lucomagno Pass. Later, the Romans assigned the territory to settlers and veterans to plant.

The Besozzi were the most important family and played an important part in the growth of the town. In 1582 they founded a school to teach aristocracy sons and 12 poor boys "grammaticam, humaniores litteras et rethoricam".

To see:

- the old nucleus with the old mansions

- Besozzi Maggi Palace (XVII century) Town Hall

- Besozzi Cadario Castle

- San Alessandro and San Tiburzio's Church built in the 17th century over the foundation of an older parish church as prescribed by San Carlo Borromeo.

- Beato Nicone's Oratory, with the remains of the eremite, reachable from the churchyard of the parish church by a climb with the stations of the Cross