Bergolo

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 been restored using local sandstone, and the roads have been remade in paving. Such an homogeneity is difficult to find in other places.

From the town’s square, a little walk will lead you to the Romanesque chapel of saint Sebastian, built in the XII century on a panoramic hill looking over the Bormida and Uzzone valleys.

Many houses in town have been decorated with frescos and mosaics made on their external walls by students of the Academy of Fine Arts.

The patronal fair, on every second Sunday in September, and the May fair attract people from all over Piedmont and from abroad.

History

According to the ancient etymology, the name “Bergolo” means “the place where heath grows”; the town was founded around the year 1000.

In 1200 it was owned by the town of Asti, then by the marquis of Saluzzo and, in the sixteenth century, by the Savoia.

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 been restored using local sandstone, and the roads have been remade in paving. Such an homogeneity is difficult to find in other places. From the town’s square, a little walk will lead you to the Romanesque chapel of saint Sebastian, built in the XII century on a panoramic hill looking over the Bormida and Uzzone valleys. Many houses in town have been decorated with frescos and mosaics made on their external walls by students of the Academy of Fine Arts._x000D_
The patronal fair, on every second Sunday in September, and the May fair attract people from all over Piedmont and from abroad.

Events in Bergolo and around


  • 23 Jun

    Proiezione inaugurale del festival con il film di Antonioni ispirato a un romanzo di Pavese, ritratto moderno di donne e solitudini nella Torino del dopoguerra


  • 24 Jun

    La presentazione del Pavese Festival 2025 e della nuova stagione del podcast "Era sempre festa" celebra il legame tra cultura, impresa e attualità dell’opera pavesiana


  • 25 Jun

    Un pomeriggio e una serata di riflessioni e racconti, tra la figura del maestro Pavese, il viaggio nel pane italiano di Fulvio Marino e uno spettacolo teatrale che intreccia le vite e i confini di Pavese e Carlo Levi


  • 26 Jun 29 Jun

    Due offerte per godersi il territorio e i suoi prodotti enogastronomici durante il Pavese Festival

Eat & Sleep in Bergolo and around

The church of san Sebastiano

Via Roma, 6, 12074 Bergolo CN, Italia
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The church of San Nicola

Via Castello, 19, 12060 Belvedere Langhe CN, Italia
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Saint Martin Chapel

Gorzegno, CN, Italia
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The castle of Borgomale

Piazza Castello, 12050, Borgomale, CN, Italia
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The San Rocco Chapel

Mombarcaro, CN, Italia
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