The elegant, 121-metre-tall and highest brick dome in Europe of the Basilica of San Gaudenzio is Novara’s architectural landmark. The city is located between the Sesia and Ticino rivers, surrounded by plains and rice fields. It is to be discovered by walking in the medieval historic centre, among the squares surrounded by ancient arcades and cobbled streets: from the early 4th-6th century Christian baptistery in the four-sided portico in front of the Cathedral, the defensive bulwarks and the monumental complex of Broletto (13th century), up to the Visconteo-Sforzesco Castle, the original 13th century tower-house, today an important cultural centre. The city is surrounded by a network of walking and cycling itineraries leading literally rom "Riso al Rosa" along the towpaths of the Cavour Canal, the great work of hydraulic engineering that connects the Po to the Ticino river, up to the sixteenth-century Villa Picchetta in Cameri and the Sforzesco Castle in Galliate. There is a succession of churches and monastic complexes on the roads along the rice fields and canals, such as the beautiful Abbey of San Nazario and Celso in San Nazzaro Sesia, up to the vineyards in the hills and cellars that preserve the precious Boca, Fara, Colline Novaresi and Sizzano DOC wines, along with Ghemme and Ghemme Riserva DOCG, a wine renowned since the time of Pliny the Elder. Find out more on www.turismonovara.it