Verceil

Verceil (in Italian Vercelli ) is a Italian city located at the north of the country in the Plaine of Po, chief town of the province of the same name which belongs to the area Piedmont.

History

It is in the plains of Verceil (Vercellae) that place had, in 101 before Jesus-Christ, the Bataille of Vercellae opposing the troops of the Roman general Marius to the Cimbres.

Verceil is one of the stages of the Via Francigena, way of driving pilgrimage to Rome. It is mentioned for this reason by Sigéric, into 990, with the mention XLIII Vercel. (number of stage on the basis of Rome).

Under the First French Empire, between 1802 and 1814, Verceil was annexed in France and was the prefecture of the department of Sésia, before returning to the Kingdom of Sardinia to the Restoration.

Culture

Many Museum S

Administration

Hamlets

Communes bordering

Asigliano Vercellese, Borgo Vercelli, Caresanablot, Desana, Lignana, Olcenengo, Palestro (province of Pavia), Prarolo, Salasco, Dirtied Vercellese, San Germano Vercellese, Villata, Vinzaglio (province of Novare)

Twinning

See too

List of the Italian cities of more than 25.000 inhabitants

Simple: Vercelli

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