What to See

Walking on the steep via Barbacana it’s possible to arrive right in front of the marvellous church of saint Clare, a baroque masterpiece by Bernardo Vittone, built in the Eighteenth century. Started in 1472, the church has a Greek-cross plan and two domes. The superior one is decorated with frescos by Pier Peolo Operti from… [Continue Reading]

Bossolasco’s showpiece is the square in the high part of town. It has a beautiful surrounding of old houses and a beautiful view on the Langhe (the green Belbo valley), and the impressive church of Saint John the Baptist. With its wide porch and its stone facade, the church looks very old; it was built… [Continue Reading]

The little square of Bosia, a simple widening of the street, is sided by a smaller square in front of the parish church, ina beautiful panoramic position. This strange position wouldn’t be understood if we didn’t know that there was once a road that went directly from the Belbo river to Cravanzana. Those who walked… [Continue Reading]

If you follow the road n. 29, from Alba to Cortemilia, you will suddenly see, after ine of the many curves, the castle of Borgomale. It’s so impressive and big that it hides the whole town behind itself. Built of stones and particularly high, it still bears on the facade traces of the most ancient… [Continue Reading]

Bonvicino – The little church, once owned by the “batù” (beaten) brotherhood, stands in the town square, right in front of the parish church. It’s typical of the Langhe to have brotherhoods – laic organizations, created by the people, providing assistance and help – side by side with the official religious hierarchy. The building was… [Continue Reading]

The most important monument in Bergolo is surely the little church dedicated to Saint Sebastian, built inthe centre of the cemetery on the top of the round hill on which the whole town is built; it’s in a very panoramic position, looking on the Bormida and Uzzone valleys, some three hundred meters lower. It’s a… [Continue Reading]

Benevello – The castle as we see it today, a kind of simple noble villa with two squat round towers, is very old. It was probably first built in 1100, as a fortress to protect the road from the Langhe to Alba. Around the year 1300 it was a stronghold owned by the Falletti family;… [Continue Reading]

Belvedere Langhe - The parish church of san Nicola, built in 1500 and restored two centuries later in the baroque era, has been further enlarged at the end of the Nineteenth century by Giovan Battista Schellino, a genial architect from Dogliani who left many od his works in this area.

Vesime - It was built near the cemetery, maybe in the V century. Apart from the facade, rebuilt in a rococò style, the rest still has its original features. In the apse there’s a painting, representing Christ Pantocrator, probably of the fourteenth century. Among the paintings, interesting is the one of the Virgin appearing to a… [Continue Reading]

Verduno – The old castle, badly damaged during the French-Spanish wars, was partly rebuilt by the architect Juvarra for the cout of santa Vittoria Luigi Caisotti, later marquis of Verduno. In 1838 it was bought by the king Carlo Alberto, who wanted to transform it into a wine-making farm. Over the years the building was… [Continue Reading]

  Treiso – There was once only a little church dedicated to saint Lawrence, but in 1775 a new and bigger one was designed. This sounds quite strange, if you think that the new church was built outside the town, that it was at the time very expensive and very difficult to build, since the… [Continue Reading]

Torresina – Saint George, the christian knight who faced a dragon and won, was very venerated in this part oftheLanghe. To him are dedicated some chapels in the countryside, and the parish church of Torresina. To reach this church its necessary to leave the car in the town square and walk to the church, under… [Continue Reading]