Cassano Spinola: sights, history and trails

• The parish church of San Pietro Apostolo, founded in the early Middle Ages with functions of pieve, was rebuilt in the 15th century, with the remaking of the apse and the extension of the factory body. In the 16th century two side chapels were added, S. Giuseppe and SS. Rosario, the latter concealed in 1910 for the reconstruction of the cave of Lourdes. The baptismal font given by G dates back to 1634. Viscounts, while the two white marble batteries for the water tank were donated by the Spinola in 1628. The floor (1941) is made of red marble containing fossil ammonites while the stained glass windows were placed in 1945
• The Palazzo Millelire was residence of the noble family of the Spinola in the 16th century, following the abandonment of the castle for a more elegant residence. Typical Ligurian residence, it was completely modified at the end of the nineteenth century, with the construction of a new floor and the transformation of the roof on the terrace; the façade was decorated with bugnate on the ground floor and with neo-Gothic elements (windows with newsstands and floral motifs) on the noble floor. The loggiati, closed by large stained glass windows, were subsequently deleted in 1930
• The Palazzo della Guacciorna is located at the limits of the territory of Cassano in the direction of Tortona. The farmhouse, equipped with a vast extension of land, was built in the first decades of '600 by the Ottobono brothers. It was purchased by Claudio Spinola in 1652 for the price of 2535 shields. He then moved to the Marchesi De Maria of Genoa and from these to the family of Senator Pietro Tortarolo, current owner. The complex maintains its original architectural lines in the system, although acute arc monophores are neo-Gothic inspiration

Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.

• Gian Carlo Vaccari, Cassano dei Spinola, Ovada, 2010.
• Gian Carlo Vaccari, History of Gavazzana, Novi Ligure, 1995.