{"id":5527,"date":"2019-09-19T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villacrespi.it\/san-maurizio-lago-d-orta\/"},"modified":"2019-10-20T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T12:05:38","slug":"san-maurizio-lago-d-orta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villacrespi.blastness.info\/en\/magazine\/uncategorized\/san-maurizio-lago-d-orta\/","title":{"rendered":"San Maurizio D\u2019opaglio: its History And the Main Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image media=&#8221;5268&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><b>Discover San Maurizio d\u2019Opaglio, the main city in Italy for the production of taps and fittings.<\/b> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><b>San Maurizio d\u2019Opaglio is a town in the province of Novara, Piedmont, nationally acknowledged as the capital of taps and fittings. <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Town in the province of Novara, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is famous for its manufacturers of taps and fittings. This characteristic town sits in the South-Western region of Lake Orta and its history is not too ancient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The History<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>San Maurizio d\u2019Opaglio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> foundation dates back to <\/span><b>1568<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the ancient villages of Briallo (Riallo), Lagna (Alagna) and Opaglio (Opallium or Upai) came together. The consecration of the Parish of San Maurizio came only in 1590.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, the devotion to <\/span><b>San Maurizio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> precedes these years: a 1537 cadastral survey highlights the presence of a church dedicated to San Maurizio in the district of Briallo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the construction of the Parish, the territory was a <\/span><b>feudal property<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which a castle defended. However, Novara\u2019s Ghibellines destroyed the castle, together with other ones, in 1311.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>past of this town<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> witnessed a significant presence of stonemasons: this happened after the industrial exploitation of the white granite quarry, coming directly from Alzo di Pella. Several inhabitants went working in these quarries. This activity exponentially grew until World War I, when a slow decline began.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the decline of stonemasons, the rise of tap and fittings manufacturers began. The first manufacturer came in <\/span><b>1920<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and, in the second post-war period, the sector expanded rapidly.\u00a0 This expansion was the reason why this hamlet was elected the Italian capital of taps and fittings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What to see?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the <\/span><b>cultural elements <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that are a symbol of <\/span><b>San Maurizio d\u2019Opaglio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>Museum of Taps<\/b> <b>and of its Technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which the municipality founded in 1995. The Museum centers on the permanent exhibition of \u201cThe Mankind and Water,\u201d which rattles off the relationship between human beings and water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The museum sits inside of the <\/span><b>Church of San Carlo Borromeo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: this sacred place was built in the first couple of decades of 1600, when the black plague raged in Europe. To ward off illness, believers turned to the Saint, to whom they dedicated the Church, the altar and the paint \u201cMadonna col Bambino, San Carlo e San Grato.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Parish of San Maurizio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also worth visiting. Since 1568, the Parish went through important restoration works, which aimed to beautify the exterior and the only aisle present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For what concerns the <\/span><b>civil architecture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the contrary, you should visit <\/span><b>Ponte Romano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Casa Brioschi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Palazzo Bettoja<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On the third Sunday of September, San Maurizio d\u2019Opaglio hosts a festival dedicated to the Saint, d the citizens express their devotion towards this Saint Maurizio.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: left;\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zaffiroeacciaio\/\">zaffiroeacciaio<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/legalcode\">Flickr<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to see in San Maurizio d\u2019Opaglio, the Italian capital of taps and fittings? 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