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Orta San Giulio
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Orta San Giulio is a small town in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, known for its picturesque location on the shore of Lake Orta. The town is notable for its well-preserved medieval architecture and its proximity to the Isola di San Giulio, a small island in the lake that features a historic basilica and has made the area a popular destination for visitors interested in Italian history and scenery.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Named after
- Julius of Novara
- Official name
- Orta San Giulio
- Demonym
- ortesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Novara
- Population
- 1047
- Area
- 6.65
- Elevation
- 294
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Lake Orta
- Shares border with
- San Maurizio d'Opaglio
- Official website
- www.comune.ortasangiulio.no.it
- Image
- Vue d'une ville italienne par le général ROUEN.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0322
- Licence plate code
- NO
- Patron saint
- Assumption of Mary
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- Commons category
- Orta San Giulio
- postal code
- 28016
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Orta San Giulio
- topic's main category
- Category:Orta San Giulio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Orta San Giulio
- Commons gallery
- Orta San Giulio
- street address
- Ufficio Turistico, Via Panoramica, 1, 28016 Orta San Giulio NO
- native label
- Orta San Giulio
- member of
- The most beautiful villages in Italy
- has certification
- Bandiera arancione
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Encyclopedic overview
Orta San Giulio (Piedmontese and Novarese: Òrta) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Turin and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Novara. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
San Giulio Island View of the town The town itself is built on a promontory which juts out from the eastern bank of Lake Orta close to San Giulio Island, an island which also falls within the municipal boundaries. The frazione of Legro stands on the hill which rises behind the promontory, Corconio is some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further south, and again away from the lake, while Imola consists of a small number of dwellings between the two, but close to the lake on the road leading to Gozzano. The municipality borders on Pettenasco to the north, Miasino and Ameno to the east, Bolzano Novarese and Gozzano to the south, and San Maurizio d'Opaglio and Pella to the west across the lake.
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