Rassa

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

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.