PIEVI, CHIESE E SANTUARI

Sacro Monte dei Piloni di Montà
An evocative place of worship of pre-Roman origin, with the Romanesque Church of Saints James and Philip the Minor, the thirteen chapels of the Via Crucis containing plaster statues that narrate the Passion of Christ, the Holy Sepulcher immersed in the views and nature of the Rocche of Roero. It can be reached by car in the Laione di Montà village or on foot along the Religious Path.
Address: borgata Laione, Montà (Cn)
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Santuario di Mombirone - CANALE
On the top of the Mombirone hill in Canale stands the sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna, of late nineteenth-century architecture, remodeled in the first quarter of the twentieth century, from which you can enjoy a truly remarkable panorama of the Roero.
Address: Via Boschetto 52, Canale (Cn)
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RELIGIOUS-ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE WITH VALUABLE FRESCOES INCLUDED IN THE CIRCUIT “SENTIERI DEI FRESCANTI”:

Santuario di Madonna dei Boschi - VEZZA D’ALBA
Located on the top of a hill, it houses a very precious late Gothic fresco of the Annunciation in the attic. It can be reached by car, or on foot along the Sentiero del Tasso. To visit the interiors and the 15th century fresco of the Annunciation, the Sanctuary is open on Sundays in good weather.
Address: Madonna dei Boschi region 43, Vezza d'Alba (Cn)
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Confraternita di San Francesco d’Assisi - SANTA VITTORIA D’ALBA
Inside it contains a precious cycle of frescoes from 1490-92, wonderfully unique in the local panorama: the deeply intense story of the Passion of Christ, developed in a total of 34 meters, divided into nineteen scenes of rare beauty.
Opening: every Sunday from May to October (except August), h. 3-6.30pm.
The Confraternity can also be visited independently with the "OPEN DOOR CHURCHES" APP.
Address: Via Castello 5, Santa Vittoria d’Alba (Cn) - www.anforianus.it
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Confraternita dell’Annunziata - GUARENE
Valuable example of Piedmontese sacred architecture from the early eighteenth century in Baroque style: it was rebuilt between 1699 and 1713. Looking up you can admire the domed vault decorated with majestic eighteenth-century frescoes that play with perspectives, in a vertigo of fake architecture.
Open for visits thanks to Colline e Culture association.
The Confraternity can also be visited independently with the "OPEN DOOR CHURCHES" APP.
Address: P.za Santissima Annunziata, Guarene (Cn)
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Cappella di San Servasio - CASTELLINALDO
Small church with portico which stands on a prestigious panoramic point in the Castellinaldo area. Its interiors contain two delightful cycles of sixteenth-century frescoes.
Open on the occasion of the “Open Days” of the Sentieri dei Frescanti circuit.
Address: Via San Salvario, Castellinaldo d’Alba (Cn)
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Cappella di San Ponzio Diacono - MONTICELLO D’ALBA
In the quiet of the Monticello cemetery, what remains of the ancient parish church contains a well-kept secret: the four oldest frescoes in the Roero, witnesses of a distant past characterized by the essentiality of the lines and simple shapes.
Open on the occasion of the “Open Days” of the Sentieri dei Frescanti circuit.
The Chapel can also be visited independently with the "OPEN DOOR CHURCHES" APP.
Address: Via Borghetto 3, Monticello d’Alba (Cn)
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Cappella gentilizia del SS. Crocifisso - MAGLIANO ALFIERI
Splendid Baroque style chapel located inside the castle residence of the Alfieri Counts, completely decorated with eighteenth-century frescoes attributed to Operti, among majestic trompe l'oeil and dizzying angels in the sky.
It can be visited in conjunction with the openings of the Alfieri castle.
The Chapel can also be visited independently with the "OPEN DOOR CHURCHES" APP.
Address: Via Asilo Alfieri 1, Magliano Alfieri (Cn)
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Cappella di San Bernardo - CASTAGNITO
Dedicated to the Saint of Chiaravalle, the chapel of San Bernardo is a very refined example of Piedmontese baroque architecture, and has the particularity of being leaning and inclined with respect to the ground, like the tower of Pisa!
Inside it hides an enigmatic fresco dated 1737, by an unknown artist.
Open on the occasion of the “Open Days” of the Sentieri dei Frescanti circuit.
Address: Provincial Road 50, Castagnito (Cn)
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Affreschi dalla Cappella della Madonna del Buontempo - CERESOLE D’ALBA
In the reception room of the Municipality of Ceresole d'Alba we can admire six 16th century frescoes torn from the walls of the chapel of the Madonna del Buontempo, now in ruins. The frescoes tell ancient stories of miracle-working saints, invoked by the local population against the plagues and wars that these areas experienced in the sixteenth century.
They can be visited in conjunction with the opening of the municipal offices.
Address: Via Regina Margherita 14, Ceresole d’Alba (Cn)
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Chiesa di San Michele in SANTO STEFANO ROERO
The church of San Michele Arcangelo overlooked the lost village of Anterixio, before its destruction by the Asti troops. It was rebuilt by the locals at their own expense in 1729, and its vaults host unpublished, well-made eighteenth-century frescoes representing the Evangelists.
Address: Frazione San Michele 14b, Santo Stefano Roero (Cn)
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RELIGIOUS-ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE THAT CAN BE VISITED INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE “OPEN DOOR CHURCHES” APP

Innovative technological mode that allows you to open the doors of churches with your smartphone. The app, which can be downloaded for free, books and allows entry to the sites 365 days a year from 9.00 to 18.00. After downloading the App on your smartphone, simply register and book the free visit: once you arrive on site at the selected time, framing the QR code opens the door of the church.

Santuario del Tavoletto - SOMMARIVA PERNO
The sanctuary is located in a panoramic and suggestive position in the Tavoletto area, where in ancient times, between the 11th and 13th centuries, there was a fiefdom consisting of the castle and a small village. Abandoned towards the end of the 14th century, only the ancient parish church dedicated to the Madonna remained in the village, which was rebuilt in its current form in the mid-17th century. It once housed the altarpiece with the fifteenth-century Pietà attributed to Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, currently preserved in the church of the Rossi hamlet.
Address: Tavoletto 1 local road, Sommariva Perno (Cn)
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Confraternita di Santo Spirito - CASTAGNITO
The Confraternity of Santo Spirito is located in the historic center of Castagnito, and was built between 1708 and 1719.
Address: Piazza XI February, Castagnito (Cn)
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Confraternita di San Bernardino MONTEU ROERO
Located at the foot of the slope that leads to the castle and of ancient origins, the Confraternity was rebuilt in the 17th century in its current form.
Address: Via Umberto I, Monteu Roero (Cn)
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Cappella di San Rocco - SANTA VITTORIA D’ALBA
Also known as the "church of the Dead", it is located on the top of the village, in the area that housed the cemetery. Mentioned for the first time in 1522, it was rebuilt in 1792 and houses a permanent exhibition dedicated to fellow citizen Carlo Giuseppe Bertero (1789-1831), doctor, botanist and physicist.
Address: Santa Vittoria d’Alba (Cn)
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CHAPELS AND CHURCHES THAT CAN ONLY BE VISITED EXTERNALLY:

Pieve di San Vittore in Priocca, Romanesque church inside a private courtyard.

Pieve romanica di S.Vittore in Canale, located on the hill opposite the Canale cemetery.

Santuario della Madonna di Loreto, in the hamlet of the same name in Canale, which houses a "Madonna with Child", a fresco dated 1400.

Pieve di San Pietro di Novelle, Occhetti region in Monteu Roero.

Parrocchia di Sant’Antonio Abate (Old Parish Church) in Montà: inside it houses 14 canvases depicting the Via Crucis by the court painter Vittorio Amedeo Rapous, and 2 altarpieces attributed to Pietro Paolo Operti. It can be visited during open days or with accompaniment on request (Ecomuseum info: 0173 976181).