Understand
[edit]History
[edit]Domodossola was the chief town of the Lepontii when the Romans conquered the region in 12 BCE.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]Trains run from Milan and intermediate towns such as Verbania, from Brig in Switzerland through the Simplon Tunnel, and from Locarno in Switzerland at the northern end of Lake Maggiore.
Get around
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Map of Domodossola
See
[edit]- 1 Collegiate Church of St. Gervasius and Protasius (Collegiata dei SS. Gervasio e Protasio).
- 2 Palazzo Silva. A 14th century building housing a civic museum containing Etruscan and Roman remains, fragments of Egyptian mummies and so on.
- 3 Sacro Monte Calvario. One of the Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) of Piedmont and Lombardy, which together are a World Heritage Site.
- 4 Sempioniano Civic Museum, [email protected]. A museum on the history of the Simplon Pass and the Simplon Tunnel.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]- Street market. Sa 8am–3pm. Day trippers come from Switzerland just for this big market.
Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Connect
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