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Painted Villages

The Italian Association of Painted Villages (ASSIPAD) was born in Varese in 1994. It aims to group all the Italian villages which have external house walls painted, sometimes to protest, sometimes to decorate, sometimes to remember. Such villages become outdoor art exibition with many 'Author Wall' to admire in every moment of the year.

The following are those inthe Varese Province.

Arcumeggia It is the most important "Painted Town". From 1956 famous artists as Usellini, Carpi, Migneco, Brancaccio, Montanarini, Sassu and many others represented with frescoes scenes of rural life, emigration, and tradition on its walls.
Boarezzo Boarezzo is one of the four small village that constitutes the commune of Valganna. It is an amazing village, surrounded by thick hardwood forests, above the Lake Ganna. Its wall paintings represent the ancient human activities of the old works and the wood animals.
Brunello It is a small town hidden in the green hills between Castronno and Azzate, near the Lake Varese. The paintings are cement plates fastened to the house walls.
Masciago Primo This small resort village placed betwen Valcuvia Valley and Valtravaglia Valley has its houses decorated by painted ceramics panel.
Marchirolo In the omonimous valley, the painting of artists such as Gandolla, Maggi, Treccani, Jonesco, Baruzzi, Damiani, Del Fitto, Emery and other, are about smuggling and emigration.
Runo Runo is a small village in Dumenza. The wall paintings, with a free subject are inserted with naturalness and simplicity in the small centre.

 

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