Rassa
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Where the Gronda and Sorba streams meet in upper Valsesia, Rassa is a small mountain village whose houses keep their traditional form. Its coat of arms recalls a legend of 1333, when a wolf carried off the child Pietro Fassola and left him unharmed by a spring in the Val Sorba.
Highlights
- The medieval bridge
- The Ecomuseo del legno, a museum of woodwork, open by appointment
- The bilberry festival on 15 August
- Alpine toma cheese and butter from the summer pastures
- The Serata dei Lumi, an evening of lights on 8 December
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Rassa, Rassa, Piedmont), Wikivoyage (Rassa). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 63
Things to see
- Val Gronda (IT)
Events through the year
- Feast of the Holy Cross
- Blueberry sagra
- Feast of Saint JosephFeast of the co-patron saint
- Serata dei Lumi
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Rassa), Wikivoyage (Rassa). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Piedmont
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- AgnolottiBread and pasta
- TajarinBread and pasta
- Vitello tonnatoDish
- Brasato al BaroloDish
- CastelmagnoCheese
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Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina piemontese). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
3 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 2
- Mountain huts 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme di Saint Vincent (IT) · ~2 h 20 by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Rosazza · 10 km
- Fontainemore · 17 km
- Borgo il Piazzo · 22 km
- Ricetto di Candelo · 26 km
- Bard, Aosta Valley · 27 km