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we arrived at 7 in the morning

bridge over the Borbera

Pratolungo hamlet, 92, 15066 Gavi AL

The Torre Ratti castle is located in the hamlet of Torre Ratti in the municipality of Borghetto di Borbera, in the lower part of the Borbera valley, in the province of Alessandria. The lower Borbera valley was part of the Duchy of Milan for centuries and was enfeoffed by the Rati-Opizzoni family from Tortona.

The Castle of Torre Ratti, as cited in a document from 1413, was officially born with the concession as a fiefdom and the oath of loyalty made by the inhabitants of Borghetto di Borbera. In 1629, the square tower was added to the main structure and some internal changes were made. Subsequently, however, was the expansion carried out between the two towers and the construction of the rooms on the north side. The current appearance of the castle suggests that of a rich fortified residence, with late Renaissance and Baroque architectural features. An interesting Italian garden surrounds the architectural complex.

Built - it seems - in 1604 as a central church between the two upper and lower Pratolungo it then began to function as a single parish. To distinguish it from the other two, it was called "the New". From there, perhaps due to the similarity of words that sound quite similar in dialect (nœva - neive), the title of «Madonna della Neve» was born.

new cycle/pedestrian path next to the drainage canal between Vignole and Località Vanzelle; the project plans to continue up to Borghetto B.

Cycle path that goes from Vignole to Vanzelle. Still to be finished