Travel & Itineraries

  Gorzegno – The chapel dedicated to Saint Martin is near the remainings of the castle, on a hill looking over the town and the Bormida river. It’s a beautiful position, once very important from a strategical point of view. The chapel was once one of the buildings composing the castle, along with the keep,… [Continue Reading]

Built on the hill between Gottasecca and Camerana, probably on an ancient crossroad of ways to the Langhe, Liguria, the Bormida and Uzzone valleys, the Gottasecca sanctuary can be reached through a two-kilometer-long panoramic little road in the woods. Today totally isolated (near it there’s only a farm for the pilgrims to rest), the church… [Continue Reading]

Igliano – The little church of Saint Sebastian, built near a crossroad of old streets, is a typical rural chapel. Of modest dimensions and shape, without decorations on the facade, it’s entirely built in stone, ina wonderful panoramic position. It probably is very old, but it has never been abandoned like many other sacred buildings:… [Continue Reading]

The Lequio Berria sanctuary stands on the hill leading to the Belbo valley, in a wonderful panoramic position. It’s a very ancient place, and has long been the parish church; in the seventeenth century the then built church of san Lorenzo, in the centre of the town, became the new parish church. This church shows… [Continue Reading]

The parish church in Cessole, finished in 1784 by the architect Giacomo Carretto – a disciple of Juvarra -, is made by two separate churches: the superior one is the parish, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, while the other is the oratory of the Disciplinati fraternity, also called church of the Battuti. It’s… [Continue Reading]

Bubbio – The parish church of the Assunta was designed by Pedrotta and Del Carretto. Its facade, simple though baroque, is made of bricks. At its center there’s a big rose-window with two side niches; under it, the carved wooden portal. On the left side of the church there’s the bell tower, painted yellow. The… [Continue Reading]

  Ceresole d’Alba – Once, when drinkable water wasn’t available in the stables, people used to dig big tanks in the ground, where rain was gathered and later used to water the animals. The little, private ones were called “tampe”, while the big, common ones were known as “laiass”. Each spring the farmers used to… [Continue Reading]

Arriving in Cerretto Langhe you will find the church of the Annunziata on your left. It’s an elegant building onthe top of a little hummock; built in neogothic style, it’s the result of the restoring of an older church – of which some features, such as the architrave and two little marble statues, are still… [Continue Reading]

In the cemetery of Villa village the ancient church of saint Lawrence is surely worth seeing. It was built in the Middle Age. In 1401 the emperor Henry I wrote a letter to the bishop of Asti concerning the definition of land possession by the church of Asti in the Monticello area, and wrote: “Church… [Continue Reading]

  Sale delle Langhe – The Arbi village has a rather new castle. It really is the result of the restoring of a farm, made in 1850 by its owner, Fortunato Prandi, who loved Walter Scott’s novels and wanteed to please his english wife. Built in a beautiful position, extremely panoramic, it has a wonderful… [Continue Reading]

Santo Stefano Roero –  In the little Borgonuovo village, a five-floor bell tower is the sign of the ancient church of Santa Maria del Piano, builtin the Roman era on the remainings of a temple deicated to Diana. In 1404 the church was used as a benedictine monastery; it was then given to the Santa… [Continue Reading]

Baldissero d’Alba – The village is marked by the Colonna castle, built before 1268; its actual structure, with towers and merlons, was built in 1860 during a big restoring. Inside the castle there’s still a part of the apse of the ancient chapel, decorated with gothic paintings.