Vercelli (Varséj in Piedmontese; Versèl in Western Lombard)'s a city of about 44,500 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC. The city's situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river Po between Milan and Turin. It's an important centre for the cultivation of rice, and's surrounded by paddy fields, which are flooded in summer. The clim… (More on Vercelli)