Holiday apartment in Centallo: culture, history and an easy cycling tour

Holiday apartment in Centallo: culture, history and an easy cycling tour

Centallo can be discovered through art, remembrance, religious buildings and outdoor activities. If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Centallo, you can focus your stay on either cultural history or a cycling tour through the flat area. Frescoes, attributed paintings, an exhibition and historic buildings offer the town and its wider surroundings a varied programme, without requiring you to commit to just one travel theme.

In the Cappella San Giovanni Evangelista, fully preserved frescoes tell the life of Saint John the Evangelist. The incised date 1520 serves as a terminus ante quem for dating the frescoes, meaning the latest point by which the decoration must have been created. The Chiesa di San Michele in Centallo houses the Madonna delle Grazie, which is definitively attributed to Hans Clemer.

Another focus is the culture of remembrance. The Sala della Memoria in the “Faustino Dalmazzo” municipal library in Centallo houses the permanent exhibition “1939–1945 – Schiavi di Hitler” about Italian military internees. In the hamlet of Roata Chiusani, the Casa Museo Pellegrino is a small museum and documentation centre dedicated to Cardinal Pellegrino and his literary and pastoral work.

The religious buildings also make historical developments visible. The church known as “La Bianca” is considered the oldest in the town. This church contains a painting of the Madonna della Cintura between Saint Augustine and Saint Monica, attributed to Sebastiano Taricco. The religious brotherhood of the Battuti Bianchi di San Sebastiano was founded on 27 August 1473 to support the sick, poor, pilgrims and homeless people. The parish church of Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista was built between 1764 and 1770 on the foundations of the former parish and castle church.

The Castello del Roccolo, a castle, lies in the wider surroundings of Centallo. The Castello degli Acaia is a castle in the area around Centallo, while the Villa Oldofredi Tadini and Palazzo Righini are palaces in the area around Centallo. The historical spectrum therefore extends from religious art to secular buildings of various kinds.

For days spent cycling, the 38-kilometre CN_19 – Centallese circular cycling route offers a specific option. It passes through Cuneo, Tarantasca and Centallo and is classified as easy. Its route through flat terrain north of Cuneo and along rural minor roads creates a distinctly different travel focus from the churches, museums and palaces. The route can therefore be treated as an independent theme alongside cultural history when planning your itinerary.

The wider surroundings of Centallo also include the Arco Trionfale, a natural arch in the broader regional area, the Giardini Dino Fresia and the Giardini Don Cesare Stoppa, both gardens in the wider surroundings, as well as the Parco Della Gioventu, a park in the wider area around Centallo. When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday home in Centallo, you can therefore base your decision on your preferred daily rhythm: cultural history, cycling, gardens or a park each create a different focus. For travel planning, there is also the specific information that Centallo railway station has three tracks for passenger services.

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For further travel planning: Bernezzo, Savigliano, Cartignano, Mompiano De Trezzo Tinella, San Bernardino, Caramagna Piemonte, Lesegno and Marsaglia.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cuneo.