Galliate

Galliate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin, about 40 km northwest Milan and about 7 km northeast of Novara.

Galliate borders the following municipalities: Cameri, Novara, Romentino, Cuggiono, Bernate Ticino, Robecchetto con Induno, Turbigo. It is home to a late-15th-century castle built under the Sforza family of Milan, and to the 16th-century sanctuary of Varallino, designed by Pellegrino Tibaldi.

The commune's territory is included in the Ticino River Natural Park.

Notable Galliatesi

 * Achille Varzi (1904–1948), Grand Prix motor racing champion.
 * Massimo Maccarone (born 1979), Italian international footballer.