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Information about Guardabosone in the Province of Vercelli

This village rises on a panoramic path between the Valsesia and the Valsessera. Its origins date back to the year 1000, as is testified by the presence of herringbone medieval walls and by the urbanistic setting characterised by closet courtyards. At the beginning of the XVII century it witnessed the wars between the French and Spanish.

The Parish church is dedicated to Saint Agatha. It was rebuilt and enlarged on the walls and columns of an old construction and can be dated back to the sixteenth century. In 1700 it was enlarged. In its interiors there are wooden statues and altars, precious because of their engravings and, on a side wall, a sundial stands out.

A few meters away from the Parish, incorporated in a house, there is the Vietti Chapel, a place of worship of an ancient lazaret. In the higher part of the village there is the Oratory of Saint Mary, or of Saint Roch, built duirng the black death of 1630. The beautiful wooden altar now kept in the Museum of Sacred Art belonged originally to this Oratory.

In Guardabosone there are: the Natural Science Museum, founded by the Knight Locca, which has a collection of Stone Age finds, minerals, fossiles and thousands of stuffed animals; the Museum of the Ancient crafts and of the Agricultural Activities, which has a collection of tools used to collect and squeeze walnuts and to process and weave hemp; the “Pier Carlo Bussi” botanic garden, created for didactic, scientific and plant preservation purposes, which lies on a hill of 5000 square meters.

The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Carretto (1669-1679) was built outside the village. It is decorated with rich stuccos and frescoes and in its interior there is a precious marble frontlet. Events: in summer time the “Cena delle Erbe” (N.D.T. dinner of the herbs) and the “Festa dei Lumi” (N.D.T. Feast of the Lights) are worth remembering.

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