{"id":6011,"date":"2025-11-23T22:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/?p=6011"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:36:50","slug":"il-triangolo-del-riso-italiano-terre-dacqua-che-regalano-perle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/en\/2025\/11\/paesaggi-territori\/il-triangolo-del-riso-italiano-terre-dacqua-che-regalano-perle","title":{"rendered":"The rice triangle: water lands that give pearls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1512121817049\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4>Amidst mirrored rice fields, farming villages and ancient rural wisdom, the rice triangle that joins Vercelli, Novara and Pavia preserves the most authentic soul of Italian rice-growing<\/h4>\n<p>In the living heart of the Po Valley lies, like a carpet of emerald and water reflections, the so-called rice triangle. It is here, between the provinces of Vercelli, Novara and Pavia, that Italy preserves one of its most deep-rooted and fascinating agricultural traditions: rice cultivation. An ancient rite that is renewed every year, amidst embankments, canals and centuries-old farmsteads, where land and water clasp each other in an embrace that smells of history, work and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places of the soul: the rice communes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This living plain is dotted with more than 60 municipalities where rice growing is much more than an economic activity: it is a vocation handed down over the centuries. Among them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In the Vercelli area<\/strong>: Vercelli, Trino, Santhi\u00e0, Arborio, Crescentino, Lignana, Salasco, Bianz\u00e8, Desana, Livorno Ferraris, Olcenengo, Formigliana, Quinto and Borgo Vercelli, Motta de' Conti, Stroppiana and many other small villages where the miracle of flooded rice fields is lit every spring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In Novara<\/strong>Novara, Trecate, Vespolate, Garbagna, Tornaco, Cerano, Sozzago, Vinzaglio, Galliate, Cameri, and villages that seem to have come straight out of a Morandi canvas, silent guardians of an industrious knowledge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In the Pavia Lomellina<\/strong>Mortara, Vigevano, Garlasco, Parona, Cilavegna, Mede, Gravellona, Alagna, Ferrera Erbognone, Lomello and Gropello Cairoli: lands where every farmstead has a history, and every field a memory. Here the name Perla della Lomellina was coined to identify the area's rice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The varieties that tell the story of Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best rice in Europe is grown here, the result of agronomic wisdom honed over time. The <strong>Carnaroli<\/strong>the undisputed prince of risottos, was born here. With him, the <strong>Vialone Nano<\/strong>the versatile <strong>Arborio<\/strong>the fragrant <strong>Rome<\/strong>the robust <strong>Baldo<\/strong>and lesser-known but valuable varieties such as the <strong>Selenium<\/strong>the <strong>Saint Andrew<\/strong> and the <strong>Race 77<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6026 size-full\" title=\"Photo GIORGIO CANNIZZARO (FLICKR)\" src=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro.jpg\" alt=\"Foto GIORGIO CANNIZZARO (FLICKR)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro-595x397.jpg 595w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/risaie-giorgio-cannizzaro-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>The art of cultivation: between water and sky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rice is grown where water flows. And here, the water dances between canals and irrigation ditches, cleverly conveyed by a hydraulic network that dates back to the Middle Ages. Even today, submerged sowing dominates, creating those unique landscapes where sky and earth merge and herons fly low over the surface of the water.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not only tradition: the rice triangle is also a laboratory of the future. It experiments with the <strong>dry sowing<\/strong>, you use <strong>drones and precision technologies<\/strong>sustainable crop rotations are adopted. It is an agriculture that does not deny the past, but enhances it to face tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From ear to plate: a journey through transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once harvested, between September and October, the rice begins a silent and meticulous journey: rapid drying, husking to free the grain, whitening, selection. Processing is different for semi-integral and whole-grain rice.<br \/>\nIn many family-run companies, often housed in old farmhouses, everything is done on site, with artisanal passion and modern rigour. The result? An authentic, traceable, identifiable product.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting the rice triangle means crossing the agricultural soul of Italy. It is a lay pilgrimage amidst still landscapes and ancient gestures, amidst the beauty of water that designs geometries and the concreteness of hands that know how to wait. It is an invitation to rediscover the value of slow time, of the land that nourishes and of stories that deserve to be told.<\/p>\n<p>Those looking for the essence of our country will find it here, between a grain and a reflection.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-family:Arimo;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >That magical cross between Lady Wright and Greppi<\/h3>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"\" data-lightbox=\"lightbox[rel-6011-620792828]\" href=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/razza-77-lat.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/razza-77-lat-595x510.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-medium\" alt=\"\" title=\"race-77-lat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/razza-77-lat-595x510.jpg 595w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/razza-77-lat-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/razza-77-lat-500x428.jpg 500w, https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/razza-77-lat.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">The <strong>Race 77<\/strong> has its roots in the agronomic experiments of pre-war Italy. It was selected in the 1930s at the Istituto di Allevamento Vegetale in Bologna, crossing the American Lady Wright variety with the Italian Greppi. The aim was to obtain an early and productive rice, suitable for the cultivation requirements of the time. Thus was born one of the most representative varieties of post-war rice-growing in Piedmont. After peaking in the 1960s, with thousands of hectares cultivated mainly in the Bassa Novarese area, Razza 77 gradually disappeared.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">In recent years, a group of farmers and enthusiasts has decided to bring this variety back to life. A breed 77 now rediscovered by farmers in the Bassa Novarese area - in particular in the municipalities of Borgolavezzaro, Garbagna, Nibbiola, Terdobbiate, Tornaco and Vespolate - it is a symbol of cultural and agronomic rebirth.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">This rice, which had almost disappeared, is now cultivated in limited quantities using environmentally friendly methods. It is prized for its extraordinary ability to absorb flavours and maintain a perfect texture, qualities that make it ideal for traditional recipes such as the <strong>paniscia novarese<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">Its rediscovery is also a gesture of cultural resistance, a way to safeguard the biodiversity and identity heritage of these lands.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"\" data-lightbox=\"lightbox[rel-6011-1152513583]\" href=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/triangolo-lomellina-960x507.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/triangolo-lomellina-595x314.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-medium\" alt=\"\" title=\"triangle-lomellina\" 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d\u2019acqua, il cosiddetto triangolo del riso. \u00c8 qui, tra le province di Vercelli, Novara 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