Municipality of Arona

Office tourist information

Arona is the greatest and populous city in the southern basin of the lake Maggiore, of notable commercial importance, sets in front of the famous fortress of Angera. The town is recognizable thanks to the enormous statue, the Sancarlone or Sancarlun, tall 23,4 meters, that it represents Charles Borromeo bishop of Milan; it rises on an adjacent to hill the country and it is constituted by a copper fusion and bronze, it was performed in 1697 by Bernardo Falconi and Siro Zanelli, on models of the G. B. Crispi says "il Cerano". The inside is visitable, there are two staircases that bring in the head, where 6 people can stay: once reached it can be enjoyed, from the eyes of the statue, of the fascinating panorama of the lake. Going down by a panomarica road, it comes to Arona, the historical center is rich of shops and characteristic buildings as the church of the Holy Martyrs, originally Roman with Baroque façade and classical mole intern. Picturesque and famous is "piazza del Popolo", with four hundred characteristic parvises, that entertain numerous and typical restaurants, in "piazza San Graziano" you can see the Civic Archaeological Museum. At night the town becomes animated, there are infact numerous nighttime places and restaurants that are filled and they also attract people from Milano and Novara. Every year, between the end of May and beginning of June, there is the Fierce Campionaria, an important demonstration for the operators of the lake Maggiore.

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