Rima San Giuseppe
Introduction
Hello everyone! Today we will talk about a small Italian municipality in the province of Vercelli called Rima San Giuseppe, which recently decided to merge with another municipality to create the new municipality of Alto Sermenza. Rima San Giuseppe had only 56 inhabitants and was the highest municipality in the province, located at an altitude of 1,417 meters.
History
Rima San Giuseppe was founded in the 14th century by Walser who descended from Colle di Mud coming from Alagna Valsesia. The municipality has a rich history and has maintained important evidence of its foundation and evolution over the centuries. Many well-known citizens were born here, including industrialist Antonio De Toma, architect and sculptor Pietro Della Vedova, and Walser entrepreneur and poet Pietro Axerio Piazza, also known as "Piaru van d' Piazu".
Symbols
The coat of arms and flag of Rima San Giuseppe showed the Mount Tagliaferro and a waterfall.
Society
Demographic evolution
1.8% of Rima San Giuseppe's population was Walser native speakers, although 15.5% was able to speak it.
Image gallery
Check out the photo of Rima San Giuseppe in the gallery below!
Bibliography
If you are interested in the history of Rima San Giuseppe, there are several books that may interest you. For example, "Storia di Rima" by Pier Benedetto Bertoli, "Rima, Rimmu, Ilieri oggi e domani" by Corrado Mornese, "Rima e il suo territorio. La "perla della Valsesia" tra natura e storia" by Maria Cecilia Axerio and "La via del Marmo Artificiale di Rima. Da Rima a Bucarest in Romania tra Otto e Novecento" by Enrica Ballarè.
External links
If you want to see photos of Rima San Giuseppe, you can visit the website Fotogian.com.
