Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 44 out of 45 hikers
Location: Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Asti, Piedmont, Italy
The church of Santa Maria di Cornareto is located on a hill, covered by vineyards, overlooking the valley crossed by the road that leads from Castelnuovo to Albugnano.
October 13, 2022
Santa Maria di Cornaredo - The rural church is isolated on top of Colle Cornaredo overlooking a wide panorama. The Ecclesia de Cornalee, dependent on the parish church of Santa Maria di Pino d'Asti, first appears in 1298, in the appraisal of the churches of the Diocese of Vercelli. The building, which dates from the end of the century. XII with renovations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the early 80s it was in ruins. It was restored in the years 1983-1984, using, as far as possible, the original fragments, in particular for the entire apse and for the sides, while the original facade, which no longer exists, was rebuilt and replaced. , with the formation of a small graveyard.
More info at: fondoambiente.it/luoghi/chiesa-s-maria-di-cornaredo?ldc
November 6, 2022
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