
Sessame

Sessame is a name that reminds of number six: six were the Roman miles that separated it from Acqui, six are the rivers and streams in its territory and sixty are the miles to go to Turin.
Sessame, a strange town built on an easily-sloughing ground, with its two churches one beside the other on the main square and the many houses ruined by the sloughs, is the true hometown of Brachetto.
Brachetto is a sweet wine, and the main job of the few remeining farming families.
Vineyards cover a large part of the territory and give it its unique charm.
Near the bormida river there’s a special place, especially designed to be a home for the grey heron.
It’s a kind of birfd that had been absent for a long time from these places, and that is returning now thanks to the pollution decrease.
History
Sessame is a very ancient town, probably first built before the Roman era by some Liguri tribe.
It didn’t enjoy any relevant development, though, until the Middle Ages, when it was owned by many different lords and families.
Among them the Del Carretto family, the Sforza and, since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Savoia.
Save the Date!
Events in Sessame and around
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01 Mar 26 OctE-Bike tour tra le colline del Monferrato
Un tour con degustazione per godere dei panorami mozzafiato del Monferrato e dei suoi vini
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03 May 02 Jun -
31 MayAlta Langa in movimento
Incontri pensati per migliorare il tuo benessere fisico e mentale attraverso ginnastica a corpo libero e yoga
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31 MayPesca le emozioni
Un workshop artistico, a cura di Giulia Porello, per creare un'opera pittorica personale
Eat & Sleep in Sessame and around

The castle of Cisterna d'Asti
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The castle of Costigliole d'Asti
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 12, 14055 Costigliole d'Asti AT, Italia
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The tower of Castellino Tanaro
Torre di Castellino Tanaro, SP115, Castellino Tanaro, CN, Italia
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