Besozzo

Besozzo - Besozzo is an Italian town of 8800 inhabitants in the province of Varese in Lombardy, crossed by the Bardello river. Located in the center of ancient paths that descended from the Alpine passes towards the Lombard plain, the city is already known in Roman times. The oldest part is named after the Cadario Castle characterized by an entrance tower.

Inside there is the courtyard where there are columns in Angera stone. Opposite the castle is the Adamoli palace of Renaissance origin and eighteenth-century balconies. Between the two buildings is the ancient medieval tower. In the ancient streets of the village there are the ancient palaces that preserve the signs of the nobles with notable architectural elements; among the ancient palaces the palaces stand out: Contini, Cà Marchetta, Casa Bossi and the current town hall. Place of worship is the church of Saints Alessandro and Tiburzio, which has a large nave with a side chapel and notable artistic elements, especially in the chapel of the Madonna del Rosario. Inside there is also an organ dating back to 1884. From the church you go up through a path with the signs of the Via Crucis to the oratory of San Nicone where inside there is a painting of the saint and rich eighteenth-century decorations. The undisputed symbol of the town is the ancient Lighthouse, a monument to the fallen of the First World War and inaugurated in 1927. The nucleus of lower Besozzo is divided into streets full of industries which have now become architectural monuments.