The Walks of the High Shady Hills and  Clear Hills - Leg 13: Castell'Alfero - Frinco

The Walks of the High Shady Hills and Clear Hills - Leg 13: Castell'Alfero - Frinco

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The Walks of the High Shady Hills and  Clear Hills - Leg 13: Castell'Alfero - Frinco
Castell’Alfero, located in Basso Monferrato, is a village known for being the place where Giovanni Battista de Rolandis, the man who conceived the Italian flag, was born; but also for Gianduja, the carnival mask that is the symbol of Piedmont. The village offers tourists and cyclotourists the opportunity to visit the castle of Earls Amico, the museum of peasant life named “Il Ciar”, the churches of Castell’Alfero and Callianetto, the small house of Gianduja, the rose garden “Sorpresa” with more than 500 ancient roses in Serra Perno. You can also visit the small romanic church of Madonna della Neve, surrounded by nature and situated between Castell’Alfero and Frinco. 
The point of departure of this stop is located at piazza Mazzini. 

Go down Via Amico and turn left into Via Moriasco. It is a paved road that leads to regione Valle passing through a grove with few houses on both sides. Take Via Valle, go straight ahead, go past a small bridge where Valle River flows underneath, and go up the slope towards località Boana for about 200 metres. Turn left and go straight ahead towards Moncucco for about 850 metres, until reaching the small inhabited area.

Go past the houses, take the way in the grove, and go straight on for less than 1 km. You get near to the romanic church of Madonna della Neve, which is one of the most important churces in the area of Asti for its brickwork, its great sculptures, and its unique cylindrical bell tower. Turn right. If you want to see the whole church you have to go straight and go up the slope for about 200 metres though.

Back to the route, turn right and go down the slope for about 400 metres in a path of groves until reaching a landscape of farmlands. Go down the road for about 350 metres. There is a farmhouse on the left. Take the dirt road that connected Castell’Alfero with Frinco before parallel SP 22 (Asti-Chivasso) was built.  Go down the road for about 2 km and a half, then turn right and go straight until you come to the intersection with SP 36. Turn left into SP 36 and get to the inhabited area of Frinco, in Via Vittorio Emanuele II, where the route ends.

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