The name is said to be made of two pieces: the Latin mirus, wonderful, and the Germanic wald, wood. In the fifteenth century, though, the wood counted for less than loyalty: in 1445 Murialdo rebuilt its parish church and Calizzano, Genoa's ally, made it pay by sacking the place; five years later the men of the village helped Giovanni Del Carretto take the Finale back.
Underground there was something else: at Riofreddo they dug graphite, at Pastori copper, sulphides, silver and gold. The mines have been still for more than a century. Above it all stands monte Camulera, 1,224 metres. The population is 838.
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📅 Every year, on 10 August
Murialdo celebrates Saint Lawrence on 10 August; the 1445 rebuilding of the church dedicated to him was among the reasons the town was sacked by neighbouring Calizzano.
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Outside Murialdo, but an easy day trip away.
