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Information about Costanzana in the Province of Vercelli

Its name may derive from the Latin Costantius, indicating the Roman origin of the town, even though the first official document dates back to 1152

Linked to the fate of Vercelli, with which it shared the exchanges of dominion in the course of the centuries, for years it was the Ghibelline fortress of the Abbey of St. Andrew in Vercelli.

From a historic-artistic point of view the town offers the chance to visit the parish church of St. Martin, containing frescoes by Morgari, and that of the centrally located oratory of Saint Catherine, a treasure chest of frescoes by the Vercelli school, such as the Life of St. Catherine or the Madonna with Child attributed to the hand of Bernardino Lanino.

Leaving the town and heading towards the outlying hamlets one comes across other treasures which are well worth visiting. In the village of Saletta is the neo-classical Church of Saint Bartholomew, containing frescoes of the Lanino school such as the Enthroned Madonna with two Angels, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Sebastian. Nearby is the little temple of Saint Sebastian, also in neo-classical style, while the village of Torrione is home to the more modern church dedicated to the Birth of Mary.

On the road connecting Costantana to Desana is the Sanctuary of Holy Mary of the Graces. According to legend, in this place in 1460 a man began to beat a post holding an effigy of Mary with a stick until it began to bleed. This led to the realisation at the beginning of the following century of a small chapel which has become a real site of popular devotion and where the miraculous effigy of the Virgin and many ex-voto brought by the faithful over the course of the centuries are kept.

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