We are publishing the speech by Mattia Franza, the first citizen of Bagnaria, in Lombardia, that has decided to join the "Piazza WiFi Italy" and where the free hotspots are activated.
"As soon as news of the opening of the announcement promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development for the small municipalities called" Wi Fi Italia "arrived, our Administration immediately took action to access it as our Municipality is located in the Pavese Lombardo Apennines in horse with the famous 4 Provinces, of Pavia, Piacenza Alessandria and Genoa and we still have notable leaps and bounds to overcome the rock of the digital divide which, compared to the more densely inhabited urban centers, penalizes us; therefore, with a view to guaranteeing better and efficient services to our citizens and tourists who come to our Staffora Valley with the installation of the free WIFI network, a first step was taken with a faster and free connection.
The network has been connected to the municipal building and serves the areas in front of the municipal building on Piazza Aldo Moro via hot-spot where the fairground is located, the fruit and vegetable market of typical products at Km0, the public gardens and the grounds of the future track "Greenway" cycle and pedestrian road, in progress, which will connect Salice Terme to Varzi covering the entire ridge of the Staffora Valley while the other hot spot has been installed in the Via I ° Maggio area where there is a playground area and the sports center.
Oltrepò Pavese is an excellent naturalistic fabric with all its beauties; Among the various locations you will also find Bagnaria, a town of 670 inhabitants that has kept the ancient medieval village structure unchanged, where the echoes of the history forging still exist largely in this area of Lombardy. From the earliest settlements his is a viaticum which has been in the shadow of multiple passages of ownership among nobles who administered the fiefdom: of these we remember the Busseti of Tortona, the Fieschi of Genoa and the Doria princes, who governed mainly in the centuries between the XV and XIX.
Although susceptible to the chronological changes imposed by the passage of time and innovation, the village has kept a simple aspect in a pleasant position, perched on a panoramic balcony of great charm. Particularly striking are the characteristic gray stone houses, the narrow and winding streets, the paths that wind through the countryside and the remains of the Torrione Fieschi Doria (next to the conservative restoration); A relative architectural richness that is shining above all in the Church of San Bartolomeo Apostolo is still well established, which first of all reveals a facade shaped by the Romanesque style and shaded by the four-storey bell tower that flanks it. The other structures are located in the various hamlets, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Livelli, the Parish Church of the Madonna Pellegrina in Ponte Crenna, the Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Casa Galeotti and the Oratory of the Madonna di Caravaggio in Coriola : they are sacred places that deserve a visit in all calm together with the naturalistic resources with its innumerable paths that allow to admire breathtaking panoramas.
The main economy of our municipality derives from the agricultural sector in fact, Bagnaria is also part of the National Association of "Cities of Cherries", this because for many years now the country has shared with the rest of Italy an important cerasicolo treasure made of distinct cherry qualities among which the exquisite corn is affirmed; the village has been hosting the Cherry Festival for forty years, staged on the second or third Sunday of June. The other recurring events are the Apple Day in mid-October and the highlight event that inaugurates the Christmas period consists of the punctual Christmas markets, concentrated on the day of December 8th, the Immaculate Conception, when Bagnaria dresses up as food stands, stalls. of craftsmanship and the scents of mulled wine, roasted chestnuts and hot chocolate, a mixture of pleasures very appreciated by the palates of locals and tourists, accompanied by concerts and the music of bagpipers. "
