Cerrina Monferrato: sights, history and trails

The coat of arms of the municipality of Cerrina was granted by royal decree of 8 May 1933.^[5]

The banner is a blue cloth.

Stem of Montalero

The hamlet of Montalero had its own coat of arms until it annexed to the municipality of Cerrina in 1928: truncated: in the first of gold, to the eagle of black, crowned with the same; in the second, of gold, to the cross shortened and gilled with red.

It is a massive building that carries the traces of many adaptations and renovations. He arose around the Mille as a fort on the Cerrina Valley, in places called Mons Laurus, which later became Montalerius and already mentioned in a diploma of 1070. In 1388 the Montaleri, lords of the place, were invested in the manor, which they restored, and took its name from the locality.
The castle, after several family vicissitudes and also financial lost in 1634 to the Mazzetti family of Chieri, already Marquisi of Frinco and in 1795, with the marriage of the last female heir, to the Alexandrian family of Calcamuggi, linked to the court of Savoy, until 1894, date of death of the last male heir, without direct heirs.
After several passages of ownership, with annexed sales of land and interior furnishings, as well as damage due to time, in the last twenty years the manor has been acquired by the brothers Mietto di Casale Monferrato and renovated, used as an antique gallery and partly as a restaurant.

Interesting are the oldest parts, an elegant well in the courtyard and a cool park.^[7][8]

In the main square of the historical centre of Cerrina, between the parish dedicated to Saints Nazario and Celso and the town hall, stands a massive strong house with terracotta decorated ogival windows, probably of fourteenth century origin.

Inhabitants registered^[9]

The municipality is part of the Union of Municipalities of Val Cerrina.^[11]