Giovan Maria Salati of Malesco, the first man having crossed the English Channel
We investigated with our past articles Bernardo Pellegrini, General Remonda and General Mainoni, they had where from Insubrica region and played a significant role in the French Napoleon army. However […]
75th Anniversary of Ossola Partisan Republic in Locarno
Insubrica Historica together with Antenna Ticinese Verbanisti, has the pleasure to announce a round-table discussion scheduled for friday 27th September 2019 at 18h15 in Locarno (Biblioteca Cantonale). The Biblioteca Cantonale […]
History of the Nazi-Fascist Presence in Baveno: Feedback on the presentation of 6.9.2019
We had yesterday a very nice afternoon in Fondotoce and even a more pleasant evening in Baveno. After having briefly meet and dined with a couple of old friends (Leo […]
Save-the-date: 18.10.2019. I rastrellamenti tedeschi nel biellese 1943-1945 Conference at Sala Biellese/Biella Italy
We are glad to announce a forthcoming conference, scheduled for Friday 18. October 2019 at 21h00 in Sala Biellese, Biella. The conference will be held at Casa della Resistenza in Via […]
Save-the-date: Conference Meina-Lesa-Baveno nel periodo 1943-1945. Analisi delle attività tedesche e fasciste nella zona. Baveno 6.9.19/21h00
We are glad to announce a forthcoming conference, scheduled for Friday 6. September 2019 at 21h00 in Baveno – Lago Maggiore. The conference will be held at Biblioteca Civica di […]
Documentary: round-up Val Grande 12-23.6.1944 – 75th anniversary
During the month of June 1944, coinciding with the fall of Rome and the allied landing in Normandy, there was in the Ossola region one of the largest German-Fascist raids […]
Rationalist – sometimes called Fascist – architecture on shores of Lake Maggiore
There are not many examples of rationalist architectural design on the western side of Lake Maggiore, with the difference of Como that hosts several Giuseppe Terragni’s works and buildings, in […]
Italian Senate on Ossola’s Raphael Rues research
Senate of the Republic XIII Legislature – 246 – President del Senato Nicola Mancino 318a Assembly Seat – Stenographical Account – 17 February 1998 We already reported that German […]
Save-the-date: 27.9.2019 Ossola Partisan Republic Conference in Locarno Switzerland
We are glad to announce a forthcoming conference, scheduled for Friday 27. September 2019 at 18h15 in Locarno. The conference will be held at Palazzo Morettini in Via Capuccini 12. […]
Follow-up on the conference: Stragi e deportazioni nazifasciste at the Italian Senate, Thursday 7.3.2019.
We pre-announced on this blog on February 13, 2019 the conference: Stragi e deportazioni nazifasciste – Per la giustizia e contro l’ambiguità. The conference held at the premise of the […]
Another long gone castle: Cannobio, lake Maggiore
From the incept of Insubrica Historica we have devoted a great of our time in researching the castles around lake Maggiore. After having wrote about the castle of Magadino (now […]
More details on Chavez first Alpine flight 23.9.1910
Insubrica Historica has already reported the formidable and unlucky adventure of Jorge Chavez, the French-Peruvian pilot that successfully managed to cross the Alps, flying from Brig/Wallis to Domodossola/Italy. We have recently […]
The February 2019 visit to Leicester
Last week Insubrica Historica travelled to Leicester, England. It was very nice to be back after that much time, the last time that I visited Leicester was in 2003. Indeed much […]
A further Morandi viaduct after Genoa also in Insubrica region
Riccardo Morandi (1902-1989) is best known as being the engineer that conceived Morandi Bridge in Genoa. This bridge was part of the Polcevera viaduct on the A10 Autostrada dei Fiori motorway. The bridge, […]
German war crimes in the Lago Maggiore region and the roman background of the perpetrators
There is still a less researched chapter in the history of the German and Italian fascists occupation of the Lago Maggiore region, that is the quantification of the war crimes […]
A shortest and beautiful train ride: Centovalli Railway
Insubrica Historica along with our visit from Munich Alexander, took this past weekend the train journey from Locarno to Domodossola with the Centovalli Railway. We opted for a short stint, […]
Presentation Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Panzer Grenadier Regiment In Italy and Lake Maggiore
Pallanza, Villa Giulia, 21.10.2018. Raphael Rues of Insubrica Historica had on Sunday the chance to held a presentation at the conference remembering the killing of at least 57 Jews during […]
War crimes and activities of SS-Police in Ossola Italy, Presentation Domodossola 12.10.2018
Original article written by Alessandro Velli, published in italian on the website Vco24. Official presentation in the late afternoon of Friday 12 October, at the Mellerio chapel in Domodossola, of the interesting book […]
Presentazione Panzer-Grenadier Division Waffen-SS ” Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler” 21.10.2018 Villa Giulia, Pallanza
Breve storia del I battaglione Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 2 della divisione Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler prima e dopo gli eccidi di ebrei sul lago Maggiore. La presentazione che si tiene Domenica 21 […]
74esimo Anniversario “Repubblica dell’Ossola” – Presentazione del libro SS-Polizei
In occasione del 74° anniversario della “Repubblica dell’Ossola”, l’A.N.P.I e la città di Domodossola organizzano la presentazione del libro”SS-Polizei” di Raphael Rues, venerdì 12 ottobre alle 17:30 in Cappella Mellerio, […]
Press Release Buchveröffentlichung: „SS-Polizei Ossola – Lago Maggiore 1943 – 1945“
Minusio 16.8.2018 Raphael Rues – aus dem Schweizer Kanton Tessin mit Abschluss in Wirtschaftsgeschichte – recherchiert seit vielen Jahren die Einsätze der SS-Polizei in der Region Ossola und Lago Maggiore. […]
Tool: Allied aerial pictures of Insubrica region
We already wrote about online resources related to the aerial photography of the Insubrica region, particularly the resources offered by geo.admin.ch and many other examples found on the website Smapshot. […]
Allied bombings on lake Maggiore September 1944
A commonly unknown chapter of the final phase of the Second World War in the Insubrica region is related to the bombardment of two hamlets and the sinking of three […]
SS-Police crimes in Ossola and Lake Maggiore: unpublished facts
Our presentation on Saturday 12 May 2018, at Spalavera Bookshop in Pallanza, attracted interest of a major regional Italian newspaper. La Stampa Verbania Cusio Ossola presented in its Tuesday edition a long […]