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A short stop in Passerano Marmorito allows you to reach the Parish Castle, the town's historical landmark.

One of the famous giant benches from the Big Bench Project, with an open view of the Monferrato hills.

Very interesting tour with many pleasant variations

The origin of the word Cocconato is Latin. The town of Marcellina bears witness to the past Roman presence and is linked to the legend of the Pietra Cagnola, a solid gold simulacrum in the shape of a dog, which was placed on the harrow, believing that it had the power to make the land fertile.

A nice quiet street

Approach to Colle Don Bosco: the basilica (which my Salesian uncle called "the fighter") is visible from afar, and guides us without fear of taking a wrong turn.

It risks going unnoticed in the offer of points of interest in the area, and to get there you really have to go there on purpose. However, if you decide to go around the upper part of the town, you will definitely get there, and it is worth stopping. It is a simple neoclassical chapel, typical of the Piedmontese countryside, but very well made, and makes an impression. A short distance away, an interesting nineteenth-century farmhouse / manor house with a stupendous driveway portal.

Parish church of Castelnuovo Don Bosco, is a seventeenth-century baroque building, with a truly spectacular polychrome marble interior. Getting there is a feat, but the church repays the effort. Historical note: in this church Don Bosco was baptized and celebrated his first mass.