THE TERRITORY
BIELLA UNESCO CITY
The capital of the wool joins the network for its creativity in the sector “Crafts and Folk Art” after enchanting Paris in the last few days with the beauty of its know-how especially on the textile industry and with the attention given to sustainability.
SANTUARIO DI OROPA
The Sanctuary of Oropa is a Marian Sanctuary, which is dedicated to the black Madonna. It is situated a dozen kilometres north of Biella, at about 1159 metres of altitude, in a natural amphitheatre of mountains which surround the city below and are part of the Biella Alps.
BURCINA PARK
Burcina Park is a historical garden situated on the homonymous “Brick Burcina”, a sweet hill near the Biella Alps.
PIAZZO – THE HISTORIC CITY-CENTRE OF BIELLA
Piazzo is certainly one of the most characteristic quarters of Biella. The historic centre, which is composed of lanes and old buildings, overlooks quiet the city from its hill.
RICETTO OF CANDELO
The visit to Ricetto of Candelo arouses deep emotions. Walking on its cobbled streets is like breathing history, it’s like going up and down” in the Middle Age to discover moments related to rural culture, it is like getting lost in the magic of a unique place.
OTHER SANCTUARIES OF THE BIELLESE
Devotion and religion have left significant and important traces in the territory of Biella. There are several sanctuaries, which are built in the mountains and offer beautiful views. The three main sanctuaries near Biella, Graglia, Oropa and S. Giovanni d’Andorno, which are connected by an easily passable mountain road, and Sanctuary of Brughiera, further east, are not only places of faith and pilgrimage, but also occasions of artistic, historical and cultural discoveries.
BIELMONTE
In the heart of Oasi Zegna there is an enchanting corner which overlooks the Po Plain and offers sceneries to be framed. This is Bielmonte, a little paradise very close to the city.
PANORAMICA ZEGNA
Oasi Zegna is a nature park with free access, which extends for about 100 Km2 between Trivero and Valle Cervo in the Biella Alps in Piedmont. It was established in 1993 as the natural development of the “green thought” of Ermenegildo Zegna.
LAKE OF MUCRONE
Lake of Mucrone is a small lake basin situated at the height of 1894m in the Oropa basin.
BESSA PARK
The special Nature Reserve of Bessa, established in 1985, is located in the North of Piedmont at the mouth of Aosta Valley and at the base of the southern slopes of the Biella Alps in the territory of Biella.
BARAGGIA PARK
Large prairies and heath which alternate with sporadic trees and little wooded valleys. This landscape of Baragge immediately strikes for its simplicity and balance of spaces and forms, for its borderless aspect which stretches to infinity; this area is similar to the African Savannah.
OUTLET
The Place Outlet offers high quality products at reasonable prices in an atmosphere of relax and elegance. This small structure is located a few kilometres from Biella and its mountains and is characterized by an exclusive and refined shopping experience, very different from the shopping in many other outlets where haste and confusion dominate.
PISTOLETTO FOUNDATION
Being in Biella for the inauguration of an exhibition of his works, Michelangelo Pistoletto sees a white building, a disused factory, and decides to buy it to give a place to what some considered "non-place", that is Utopia. Giving rise to a utopia means denying it, and affirming a Project instead. The former Trombetta Wool Mill becomes the headquarters of the Association for a Pistoletto Foundation.
