Sesto Calende, a small town located on the most southern tip of Lago Maggiore, where the river Ticino directs its course towards the river. One of the main attractions of this town is the Abbey of San Donato, built in the 9th and 10th centuries, which houses a painting by Bernardino Zenale the early 16th century.

Another interesting place Sesto Calende is a City Museum where you can learn about the history of the many peoples who lived in this area for thousands of years. Especially interesting artifacts belonging to the people of prehistoric times.

In the section of natural history exhibited a rich collection of fossil shells of the Pliocene period, which were found in the town of Kelo. They serve as proof that millions of years ago the territory of modern Sesto Calende was covered by the sea.

The archaeological section is focused on the collection of artifacts related to the culture of Golasecca that flourished in the valley of the sesia river between 9th and 5th centuries BC Due to its geographical location, its representatives were kind of trading intermediaries between the Etruscan and Celtic tribes. Findings in two settlements – Kashin Test and Briccola – include stone circles, burial, various funerary things the beginning of the 8th century BC, and a huge amount of pottery of the mid 5th century BC Special scientific value has a three-legged grave, dated 800-750-m BC, which belonged to a woman, at this point, jewelry and personal care items. Also in the Museum you can see the legacy of the Romans, the Lombards and the middle ages.