Lower Langa

The castle of Benevello

in Benevello

Benevello – The castle as we see it today, a kind of simple noble villa with two squat round towers, is very old.

It was probably first built in 1100, as a fortress to protect the road from the Langhe to Alba. Around the year 1300 it was a stronghold owned by the Falletti family; then given to the Savoia royal family, it was given away again to Giovanni Prandi after the Cherasco treaty in 1631, then to the Chiesa family in Saluzzo.

Since 1881 it hosts assistance organizations: it once was a college for the poor girls of the Langhe, and today it’s a community for the recovery of drug addicts.

After the many restorings, there’s not a lot left of the original structure, but it’s worth pointing out how the building is still the neural centre of the whole town.

The castle of Benevello

Castello di Benevello, Via Scuole, Benevello, CN, Italia
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The parish church of Treiso

Piazza Leopoldo Baracco, 7, 12050 Treiso CN, Italia
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The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine

Via Umberto I°, 16, 12050 Neviglie, CN, Italia
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The Castiglione Falletto Castle

Via Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 19, 12060 Castiglione Falletto CN, Italia
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The Santa Maria Maddalena Church

Via Vittorio Emanuele, 19, 12051 Alba CN, Italia
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