Agrate Conturbia trip planner

Agrate Conturbia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100km northeast of Turin and about 25km north of Novara. It consists ot two towns, Agrate and Coturbia, located in the low hills between Cressa and Borgo Ticino, south of Lake Maggiore.Agrate Conturbia borders the following municipalities: Bogogno, Borgo Ticino, Divignano, Mezzomerico, Suno, and Veruno.Main sightsCastle of Agrate, of which few original parts remain after it was damaged in 1400Castle of Coturbia, also modifiedParish church of San Vittore, documented as early as 978Baptistry of Agrate, in Romanesque style. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The lower section (based over a Roman edifice) dates to about 930, while the upper one is from about 1120. It has an octagonal plan, with a small portal surmounted by a single mullioned window. Further triple, blind mullioned windows decorate each face of the building, as well as Lombard bands. The interior has some 15th-century frescoes.Faunistic Park La Torbiera, a zoo built in 1977