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Vogogna

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Vogogna is a comune (municipality) at the heart of the Val d’Ossola in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont, Italy, about 20km north-west of Verbania. The municipality (population 1,702) is centred on the town of Vogogna and extends over an area of 15.28km2, partly within the Val Grande National Park; the elevation varies between 211and above sea-level. Outlying settlements within the municipality include Prata, Dresio and Genestredo.The surrounding municipalities are Beura-Cardezza, Pallanzeno, Piedimulera, Pieve Vergonte and Premosello-Chiovenda.ArchitectureThe Visconti castle, in via Castello, was built in 1344 for the bishop of Novara, Giovanni Visconti, and extended in 1449. Above the castle are the remains of the old rocca which dates from the ninth or tenth century.The Palazzo Pretorio, or broletto, was constructed in 1348, also at the behest of Giovanni Visconti.

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