The name comes from apples: malula, little apple, and on the coat of arms there is an apple tree with golden fruit. But what fed Mallare for centuries was the wood: charcoal, timber and iron beaten in the forges along the streams.
At Fornelli stands the former abbey of Santa Maria e San Lazzaro, of 1179: church and hospital in one complex, with three apses, a barrel vault and frescoes inside. The village lies in the upper Val Bormida, where the Biterno and the Cravarezza meet. The population is 1,200.
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📅 Every year, on 6 December
Mallare celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, with the patronal feast; 8 September marks instead the Nativity of Mary, and on Good Friday a solemn procession reaches the sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Eremita.
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Outside Mallare, but an easy day trip away.
