Towns

Built on the left side of the Tanaro river, Alba gathers and controls the whole production and all the initiatives of this part of Piedmont. It’s its interest and aspiration. Also in the past centuries, as a “ligures” village, as a Roman “municipium”, and as a free Commune, this has always been its primary role…. [Continue Reading]

The tower from which the town got its name dominates the whole place, built as it is on the top of the hill between the Belbo and Tanaro valleys. It’s the only remaining feature of the ancient castle, knocked down by the French in 1630. Built entirely in stone, with a decoration of little arches… [Continue Reading]

The town, inhabited by 150 people, is the smallest Italian commune; it’s made by a few houses gathered around the parish church of the Guardian Angels. The town was built in this place because of its strategic relevance, as shown by the ruins of the casel, on a hill over the Belbo valley. Arguello is… [Continue Reading]

Built on the top of one of the Rocche, Baldissero is a rural town: here strawberries are grown, along with the grapes with which two great wines are made, the roero and the arneis. The town is dominated by the castle of the Colonna family. The parish church of saint Catherine is very beautiful; the… [Continue Reading]

The tower of Barbaresco stands on the top of one of the Rocche along the Tanaro river. Here there once was a wild wood (barbaro, in Italian), from which the town’s name presumably comes. Some people believe instead that the name comes from the Saracens, who were called “Barbareschi”. The Liguri tribes named some of… [Continue Reading]

The castle that dominates the many hills covered with vineyards of Nebbiolo has been first built around the year 1000. The town’s name probably comes from the Celtic “bas reul”, low place, due to its position. Around 1250 the town was given to the Falletti family, who owned it until 1864; the last member of… [Continue Reading]

The town built on the confluence of the Ellero and the Tanaro rivers has in the past a strategic importance and was fought for by the marquis of Saluzzo, Ceva and the Monferrato.   Its name, anciently “Alma munito”, became “Bastia” because of the strong walls (“bastioni”, in Italian), nothing of is still standing. In… [Continue Reading]

Built on the border between the Dogliani area and the first hills of the so-called “alta Langa”, Belvedere is famous for the view it offers: from the ruins of the castle that the French knocked down in 1600 it’s possible to see an immense panorama of the whole of the Langhe and the Alps. From… [Continue Reading]

Benevello, built on the north border of the “alta Langa”, offers a wonderful view on Alba and its territory. The town is dominated by the castle. Interesting is the church of the SS. Lady of the Assumption, or Madonna della Langa: built about one kilometer from the town, on the road to Bossolasco, it has… [Continue Reading]

The smallest commune of the Langhe (and one of the smallest of the whole Italy) was one of the first to realize how this territory could be touristically important, and to build modern accommodating and recreational facilities (a swimming-pool, a camping with bungalows, summer houses). The town is also called “stone town”: all houses have… [Continue Reading]

The commune of Bonvicino is made of a bunch of houses gathered round the parish church, an ancient stone chapel, some farms on the hills around, and the little village of Lovera. The town is built between Dogliani and the Bossola mountain pass, on the side of a hill, over the long and wild valley… [Continue Reading]

The town got its name from a legend about Nella di Cortemilia, secluded in the town’s castle in order not to be abused by the local lord Lionello. “Borgo del male” (Town of Sin”) was its name, though it’s a very beautiful little town, with its houses built all around the castle. Interesting is the… [Continue Reading]