Gravellona
Toce
It was inhabited already 2500 years ago:
excavations have shown graves, archaeological
findings, guns, foundations of palaces belonging
to different centuries and cultures. Scientists
and archaeologists put the findings in the
"Antiquarium". When you visit
it, if you want to remember the past it
is necessary to be very attentive. In each
epoch Gravellona Toce has been important
for its position, at the beginning of Ossola
valley, it is the obliged passage between
Switzerland and the Ticino plain. Gravellona
Toce is the second industrial and commercial
centre (the first is Omegna) to the mountain
community of Cusio Mottarone. After about
2 Km you face the fascinating landscape:
on one side the river Toce with its low
banks plenty of grass and mountain pastures,
with Ornavasso, the first village of the
Val d'Ossola; on the other Cerano mountain,
with roads, mountain pastures, grass and
woods, then you find Mottarone with its
asphalted streets, leading to a quarry of
pink granite. Granerolo, a fraction of Omegna,
offers you a beautiful view of Orta's Lake.