Quattordio: Urban Art, History and Landscape

Quattordio between Plain, Art and History

Quattordio lies on the western edge of the Alessandria plain, which in turn forms a lateral extension of the Po Valley. If you choose a holiday apartment in Quattordio, you can shape your trip in many different ways: with Urban Art throughout the town, historic estates, a museum dedicated to the history of graffiti, and impressions of fields and woodland.

Holiday Apartments in Quattordio and the Town’s Location

The Turin–Piacenza motorway (A21) crosses the municipal territory of Quattordio. The SS10 state road, which connects Asti with Alessandria, also runs through the municipality. When choosing your holiday apartment, you can therefore consider which combination should shape your days: cultural discoveries in the town, historic destinations or time spent in the countryside.

Urban Art as Part of the Townscape

Quattordio’s Urban Art, with more than 40 graffiti and international street-art works, forms an open-air urban museum. The QUA Museum tells the history of graffiti in Quattordio. In Quattordio, the focus is not only on individual buildings but also on large-scale artworks. This creates a travel experience in which the focus is not only on individual buildings but also on large-scale artworks.

Historic Traces around Rocca and Castello

The Ghiacciaia Olivazzi is entirely underground, has a diameter of approximately five metres and a vertical extent of eight metres. Rocca Civalieri was recognised in 1937 as being of special historical and artistic interest and placed under the protection of the competent heritage authority. Its restoration preserved the original structural elements and created the Relais Rocca Civalieri.

The first documented references to Castello di Lajone date back to 1624. Over time, the estate passed to noble families from Asti and Alessandria. They enhanced its aristocratic character and developed it from a cascina, or aristocratic residence, into a castle. Castello di Lajone is surrounded by a rich, centuries-old park with rare plants; it contains a rose garden, oaks, sequoias and cedars of Lebanon.

The Sentiero Quattordio e le sue frazioni

The Sentiero Quattordio e le sue frazioni is a circular trail in the municipality of Quattordio. It begins in the main town and passes near the hamlets of Piepasso and Serra. The route leads through fields and then continues through a woodland area. It also passes near Castello di Lajone and its park, surrounded by centuries-old trees, and ends at the parish church of San Pietro. For your planning, the circular trail therefore offers several specific points of interest: countryside, hamlets, a historic estate and a church.

The combination of art, history and landscape can be weighted differently when searching for accommodation in Quattordio.

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