Varallo (Piedmontese: Varal),pronouciation ( Vhuh-rah-yo ) commonly known as Varallo Sesia, is a comune and town in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is situated in Valsesia, at 450m above sea level and some 66km north-northeast of Vercelli and 55km northwest of Novara. Once called Varade, it is divided in two boroughs (Varallo Vecchia and Varallo Nuova) by the Mastallone stream. In 1971, Varallo was awarded the Golden Medal for Military Valor for the deeds of its population against the German occupation in the late stages of World War II.
