Fubine Monferrato: sights, history and trails

The coat of arms and gonfalone were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 23 November 1998.^[6]

The coat of arms reproduces what is considered the origin of the name of the country that would derive from Fibuline ("small buckle"), in reference to the artisanal activity of producing fibulae that once took place in the town.^[7]

The gonfalone is a yellow drape.

The Spalto is what remains of the ancient defensive walls. From the arched gallery to the base of the Casa Pane — a 18th century building whose main façade overlooks the square of the municipality — and is reachable from the dedalo of alleys that constitute the heart of the historical center of Fubinese, on the sum of the hill. The Spalto leads to the small church of Battuti or Disciplinanti. Below the bridge, another characteristic place of the resort, once ran a large ditch (to the Fos, in local memory)^[8].

Through the bridge, it was accessed to the nucleus of the village that until the beginning of the 16th century was powerfully fortified. In the Middle Ages it was probably a wooden bridge that was destroyed during hostility. The danger, it was reconstructed, always in a wooden structure. Only then did the construction of a masonry bridge, as it is evidenced by documents from back time^[9]

• Church of Santa Maria Assunta: it is the parish church and the main Catholic religious building in Fubine. It is flanked by a bell tower, 56 m tall, symbol of the municipality.
• Church of the Trinity: the oratory of S.S. Trinity is centrally located than the urban nucleus of Fubine and is overlooking the Bricherasio Palace. Dating back to the 1680-1686, it was probably a remake of an earlier oratory that housed the Brotherhood of Disciplinants of the Most Holy Trinity. The sacristy was later built and the bell tower probably dates back to the nineteenth century. Unconsecrated and damaged by the weather, it was acquired by the municipality and subjected to restoration works to be destined for headquarters of the archive and the civic library.
• Church of Battuti or Disciplinanti: once known as theImmaculate, was also used in the 17th century for meetings of heads of families and for the burial of the dead (186 in the years from 1642 to 1659 alone). Overlooking the widening of the bridge, ancient access toacropolis Fubinese, he's long been dissatisfied. It was acquired by the municipality to be used after adequate restoration for cultural uses.^[8]
• Our Lady of Carmine: it is a small church dating back to the early seventeenth century. Confided in the period of French domination and again consecrated, it has always been the subject of intense local devotion. As mentioned in the parish bulletin The Fubinese of March 1946, it is considered the church of the fathers. Created when the plague epidemic ended, it was officiated by the Carmelite fathers who lived in the ancient adjacent convent. The wear of time and the damage caused by earthquakes that hit the area at the end of the 20th century made it necessary to restore it ^[8].
• Church of Conserra: it is the ancient parish church dedicated to Saint Peter. The ruins of the building were used in 1619 for the construction of the church of Our Lady of Graces in Conserra. The church – which preserves a Roman apse – was restored in 1833 with the alternation of tuff and terracotta. He has long preserved a collection of ex-volution and was the subject of an opera by Ernesto Rossi.
• Cappelletta di San Rocco: it is an ancient chapel built out of town almost to protect it. Reconstructed several times and restored, it is still subject to devotion by the population^[8].

In the last hundred years, starting from 1921, the resident population decreased by 60 %.

Inhabitants registered^[10]

• Sokponta^[12]