Novello

Novello is a nice town, made of a few houses on the top of a hill.

The entrance to the town is marked by a medieval door, near the church of san Michele Arcangelo, built at the end of the eighteenth century.

In the same period the church of the fraternity of san Giovanni was built, with its baroque facade.

The castle dominates the town from the “rocca”: it was built in 1880 by Gian Battista Schellino in a neogothic style.

The Wine shop in piazza Marconi offers the “Branda di Novello”, a grappa made from marcs, along with a selected choice of wines.

Among the initiatives, interesting are the concerts of classical music performed during the fair of santa Lucia.

History

The town of Novello has been founded before the I century, as shown by a tombstone found on the hill; its origins are linked to the town of Alba Pompeia, because this town’s aristocrats liked the climate and view of the smaller town and used to spend the summer there. The name Novello comes from “novae villae” (new houses, the ones built by Albese people).

The first inhabitants were of the Liguri Stazielli tribe; after the submission to Rome and the Barbarian invasions, during the Carolingian reign the town was under the influence of the bishop of Alba, was occupied by the Hungarians and later, in 1100, it was bought by the Del Carretto marquis.

For a long time they had to fight over this feud with the Communes of Alba and Asti, since it was an important road to the sea.

From 1400 to 1600 it was more than once occupied by Spanish soldiers, during the succession wars in Italy, until the whole feud, with the castle and the land surrounding it, was sold by the Austrians to the duke Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia.

At the end of the eighteenth century Napoleon’s troops occupied this territory.

Brothers Gianni and Paola Doglia

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Events in Novello and around


  • 14 Sep 17 Nov

    International photography festival in the heart of the Langhe: an immersive experience to live in an enchanting land


  • 22 Sep 20 Oct

    Unisciti a noi per un'esperienza che coinvolge tutti i sensi, con visita della cantina, passeggiata, degustazione e pranzo


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    I Trifulau dell’Associazione Trifulau Colline di Langa ti offrono la possibilità di partecipare alla ricerca simulata dal tartufo


  • 09 Oct 13 Oct

    Arriva in centro città la mostra di Jean Gaudarie Thor con un centinaio di opere dedicate al Generale Bonaparte

Eat & Sleep in Novello and around

The Castle of Novello

Via Ferrero, 1, 12060 Novello CN, Italia
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Partisan Pedaling #4 Dogliani, Monchiero, Monforte

Via Torino, 215, 12063 Dogliani CN, Italia
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Pian Castello di Neive

Piazza Italia, 19, 12052 Borgonovo CN, Italia
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The castle of Benevello

Castello di Benevello, Via Scuole, Benevello, CN, Italia
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Palazzo Salmatoris

Palazzo Salmatoris, Via Vittorio Emanuele, Cherasco, CN, Italia
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The parish church of Ss. Cosmas and Damian

Via Vittorio Emanuele, 30, 12051 Alba, CN, Italia
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