Presentazione
Außerdem ist es das Land der großen Schlössern, romanischen Kirchen, sehr schönen Städten, die nicht weit entfernt liegen, wie zum Beispiel das mittelalterliche Asti, das neue olympische Turin oder das schöne Alba, die Hauptstadt der Langhe.

Und dann viel Sport: Tennisplätze ein Kilometer entfernt, Reiten mit verschiedenen Reitschulen in der Nähe, Fahrrad mit naturwissenschaftlichen Routen, Golf mit dem wunderbaren Golfplatz, der weniger als zehn Minuten von dem Haus entfernt ist...


Montechiaro: medieval municipal tower, and outside the village northward, church of S.Nazario (XIth century) with typical bell tower and a beautiful facade, one of the most typical Romanesque monuments of Asti province.

Cortanze: dominated by the church and by the imposing quadrangular castle (XIVth century), it is one of the best preserved castles of the province although largely modified in the XVIIIth century, mainly in its inside.

Montiglio: (gastronomic festivals and white truffels) castle rebuilt in the XVth century with a Chapel dedicated to S.Andrew, a Romanesque-Gothic masterpiece with an important cycle of XIVth-century frescoes portraying nine episodes of the Passion of Christ, a work by an unknown but excellent artist. Another monument to be visited is the Romanesque church of S.Lawrence (XIIth century) in the cementery area and inside a nave covered with a barrel vault, cruciform pillars and capitals decorated with vegetal and zoomorphic ornaments.


Castelnuovo Don Bosco:
with its beautiful historical centre and the remains of its medieval castle; nearby Colle Don Bosco where it is possible to visit the birth-house of the S., the lower church, a grandiose modern sanctuary, the Salesian mother-house and the Salesian Missionary Museum (for information contact the following tel. number: 011/9876976).
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