Castelletto Monferrato: sights, history and trails

It is located about 10 kilometers north of the Alessandria.

Located about 3 km from the exit Alessandria Ovest della A26 (Ge Voltri – Gravellona Toce), Castelletto Monferrato is located on a 200 m promontory on the sea level that under optimal conditions of visibility allows the eye to range from the plain of Bosco Marengo to the Apennines, from Monviso to the group of Monte Rosa.

The area hills are mainly covered by vineyards because the limestone soil with blue and yellow clay sediments and thousands of fossil shells residual from the Adriatic Sea that millions of years ago became part of these lands, lends itself very well to the production of grapes.

It was originally owned by the medieval family. marquises of Monferrato; in the 13th century it was disputed by Alessandria and in the territory there were clashes between the militias of the Marchesato and those Alexandrians. It was later devastated by the Spanish army in the 16th century. He later became a fief of the Tickets of the San Salvatore Monferrato, and then passed under the dominion of the Savoy. Castelletto became a municipality towards the first half of the eighteenth century, a period in which the parish church of San Siro was also built, located at the top of the town near the ancient castle. In the same years, between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century, the development of the main hamlet of the town, Giardinetto, began, until then an area forming part of the gardens and lands of the Beltondino estate, on which some stables and granaries were initially built.

In 1859, a historic meeting took place between King Vittorio Emanuele II and Garibaldi during the Second War of Independence.

It is the birthplace of Lodovico Rastelli (1801–1878), a violin maker, whose primary activity was aimed at repairing arched instruments and plettro; it built violins, violets, cellos, smugglers and guitars.

In 1937, the current name of the country was established.^[5][6][7]

• Church of San Siro
• Church Madonna della Pace e di San Rocco
• Church of San Francesco d'Assisi
• Church of Santa Maria Maddalena
• Castello di Castelletto Monferrato
• Villa Pona (residence of S.M. Vittorio Emanuele II)
• Historical Ghiacciaia
• Piazzetta San Giovanni (former Church of San Silvestro)
• Cascina Beltondino (now Guesthouse)

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

The village has a football team, the Castelletto Monferrato that militates in the unique group of Asti in the third category.

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  Church, on the left, and Palazzo del Comune, on the right
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  Church of San Siro
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  The town hall
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  Church of San Siro, particular
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  The old Town Hall, now dedicated to schools, on the left, and the current seat of the post office, on the right
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  Scalinata al Castello
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  Game of the pot at Carnival
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  Archery at the games of the cantons, Valverde against Giardinetto
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  Gimcana with wheelbarrow at the Cantons games, Giardinetto team
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  The Municipal Palace in a suggestive night photo