one of the most beautiful and best-preserved Romanesque monuments in Italy. Among other noteworthy churches in the city is the Santa Maria Maggiore. Vercelli's synagogue, an example of Moorish Revival architecture, is located at Via Foà 70 and the city's Jewish cemetery at Corso Randaccio 24. On 23 November 2013, after what was believed to be an antisemitic act, two swastikas were found sprayed on its walls. The Institute of the Beaux-Arts contains paintings by Vercellese artists. Ancient charitable institutions continue, such as the hospital founded by Cardinal Guala Bicchieri (1224), which has an annual revenue of more than 600,000 lire ($117,000); and the hospices for orphan girls (1553) and for boys (1542), and mendicant homes. Vercelli is the seat of the Viotti International Music Competition. Demographics In 2007, 44,475 people were recorded as residing in Vercelli, of whom 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Minors (children aged 18 and younger) totalled 14.41% of the population and pensioners 25.83%; the overall national averages are, respectively, 18.06% and 19.94%. The average age of a Vercelli resident was 47 (five years more than the national average of 42) and the birth rate was 8.69 births per 1,000 inhabitants (national average 9.45 births per 1,000 inhabitants). In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Vercelli declined by 1.31% while the national population grew by 3.56%. , 92.38% of the population was Italian. The remainder were Albanian and Romanian (3.48%), North African (2.21%) and Sub-Saharan (0.64%). Approximately 1 in 6 babies born in Vercelli has at least one foreign parent. Museums Museo Camillo Leone Museo Francesco Borgogna Notable people Eusebius of Vercelli (ca.283 – 371) first bishop in Vercelli (mid 340's) and counts as a saint. Atto II of Vercelli (ca.885–961), a Lombard, became bishop of Vercelli in 924. William of Montevergine (1085–1142), a wanderer, ascetic and founder of a number of monastic houses. Guala Bicchieri (ca.1150 – 1227) diplomat, papal official and cardinal. Emilia Bicchieri (1238–1314) Roman Catholic nun from the Order of Preachers Fra Dolcino (ca.1250 – 1307) second leader of the Dulcinian reformist movement, burned at the stake. Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (1477–1549), also known as Il Sodoma, a Renaissance painter. Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697–1780) composer, music theorist and organist. Giacomo Abbondo (1720–1788), Roman Catholic priest, beatified in 2015. Eusebio Bava (1790–1854) army general who fought in the First Italian War of Independence. Edoardo Arborio Mella (1808–1884), architect,