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Roccaverano: sights, history and trails

Asti

Elevation: 759 m a.s.l.
Area: 29.98 km²
Demonym: Roccaveranese
Patron saint: Mary Most Holy Annunciation

A closer look

Discovering Roccaverano

Roccaverano is an Italian municipality of 359 inhabitants^[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte. It is known to be the area of cheese production Roccaverano dop and to be the highest altitude astigian municipality.

History of Roccaverano

The name of the village could be derived from Rocha Uverani, cited in an ancient document, connected to the Ovrano stream that flows not far away. However, a diploma...Explore this chapter

The name of the country could come from Rocha Uverani, cited in an ancient document, connected to the Ovrano stream which flows nearby. However, a diploma from Emperor Otto I which granted dominion of the place to Aleramo, reports the wording Ruspavera. Be that as it may, the town developed as a place of military importance at the time of Bonifacio del Vasto and increased its prestige in the following centuries.

In 1209 Otto Del Carretto ceded to the Municipality of Asti the domain on Roccaverano and the surrounding territories, as reads at the cap. 39 Codex Astensis where, by the way, is drawn in a miniature the image of the castle. Due to complex political and commercial agreements, Roccaverano passed various hands to reach the powerful Scarampi family of Asti in 1337.

During the succession war of Monferrato, the castle was strenuously defended by the French occupants and finally expelled, in 1615, by the Spaniards commanded by Don Luigi di Cordova.

In 1633 the entire country was plundered by the Napoleonic militias directed in Alsace.

In 1673 the domain passed to Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy, but in the following century it suffered two other military occupations: the French in 1715 and the Spanish in 1744. All these events led to the loss of the castle, which today remain fragments of the walls and the mighty cylindrical tower.^[4]

What to see in Roccaverano

After the restoration in the early 2000s that also affected the adjacent only surviving façade of the castle, it is open to the public and can be visited all year round.Explore this chapter

The tower of Roccaverano, about 30 meters high, was part of the ancient castle and is circular with three orders of hanging arches on top.

After the restoration in the early 2000s that also affected the adjacent only surviving façade of the castle, it is open to the public and can be visited all year round.

Castle: remains the main front with on the upper floor three acute arched two-holes with central column. In the lower part are visible four loops and arrows. Inside is the circular tower^[5]
Torre di Venre, sighting tower in fraction I come.

Society

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Demographic evolution

In one hundred years there was a strong depopulation of the Municipality, 80% of the population living in 1921.

Inhabitants registered^[6]

Culture

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Kitchen

The Robiola of Roccaverano DOP is produced in Roccaverano.^[7]

Anthropic geography

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Hamlets

Among the fractions is Garbaoli, known for the "robiole", that is, the typical goats of the place and of high gastronomic value. Over time, the population of the center has declined considerably and now (2008) only a few houses (many empty) and few inhabitants remain. Since 1973 at the canonical house of Garbaoli Parish, dedicated to St. Martian, the Catholic Action of the Diocese of Acqui organizes in summer self-managed school fields that over three decades of experience involved tens of thousands of attendance.

Administration

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

Period		First citizen	Match	Load	Notes
July 19, 1988	June 28, 1993	Luigi Garbarino		Mayor	^[8]
June 28, 1993	April 28, 1997	Luigi Garbarino		Mayor	^[8]
April 28, 1997	May 14, 2001	Luigi Garbarino	center	Mayor	^[8]
May 14, 2001	August 4, 2003	Pietro Carlo Poggio	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
August 4, 2003	April 19, 2004	Bruno Tancredi		Comm. Overtime	^[8]
June 14, 2004	June 8, 2009	Francesco Enrico Cirio	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
June 8, 2009	May 26, 2014	Francesco Enrico Cirio	civic list	Mayor	^[8]
May 26, 2014	May 26, 2019	Fabio Vergellato	Civic list The medieval tower	Mayor	^[8]
May 26, 2019	June 9, 2024	Fabio Vergellato	list Civic Tower square merlata	Mayor	^[8]
June 9, 2024	in office	Francesco Enrico Cirio	Civic list Per Roccaverano to live	Mayor	^[8]

Notes

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^ ^to ^b Monthly demographic balance for the year 2026 (provisional data), up demo.istat.it, ISTAT.
^ Seismic classification (XLS), up risks.protezionecivile.gov.it.
^ Table of degrees/day of Italian Municipalities grouped by Region and Province (PDF), in Law 26 August 1993, n. 412, annex A, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 1 March 2011, p. 151. URL consulted on 25 April 2012 (archived fromoriginal url on 1 January 2017).
^ Silvana Testore and Gigi Gallareto, Roccaverano, in Langa astigiana. Val Bormida, Alta Langa Val Bormida mountain community, S. Mauro Torinese, 2007, pp. 121-122.
^ Art itineraries in Piemonte, Region Piemonte, 2008.
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Data taken from:
- Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991 (PDF), up ebiblio.istat.it, ISTAT.
- Resident population - Time series, up exploredati.istat.it.
  Please note: 2021 data refers to permanent census data as of December 31 of that year.
^ The fragrant robiola that competes with the French, up search.republic.it.
^ ^to ^b ^c ^d ^And ^f ^g ^h ^the ^j http://amministratori.interno.it/