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Confluence of the Cavour Canal and the Sesia River
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Alberto
November 8, 2022
Mountain biking
It can be reached by following dirt tracks along the Sesia River and it deserves a stop to admire the engineering work of the intersection with the Cavour canal, built to support rice agriculture that originates from the Po in Chivasso and ends in the Ticino at Galliate.
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Stefania
March 22, 2021
Cycling
The waters of the Cavour Canal flow for about 256 meters under the Sesia river, on the border between Greggio and San Nazzaro Sesia. The siphon represents the most important hydraulic artifact present on the canal itself: it was built in November 1864 and finished the following month.
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The_ElyG
September 4, 2023
Cycling
Canale Cavour is a nineteenth-century structure which served for Piedmontese agricultural development, in particular for the cultivation of rice
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This difficult 42.5-mile mountain bike loop along the Sesia River from Vercelli offers challenging terrain and diverse scenery.
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Elevation 210 m
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