Castell'Alfero, Italy (Piedmont): What to See, Eat & Stay

The castle, already there in the Middle Ages, was turned around 1730 into a lordly residence for the counts Amico: the design is by the royal architect Benedetto Alfieri, and the painted decoration by Gerolamo Mengozzi, who had worked with Giambattista Tiepolo. In 1905 the comune bought it for sixty-four thousand lire and moved its offices in.

The town's arms come from those of the counts Amico, which bore the motto Usque ad cineres, "to the ashes": a play on the family name, a friend to the death. Before them, in 1616, Castell'Alfero had been sacked and destroyed by the soldiers of the duke of Mantua, at war with Savoy.

The Castell'Alfero guide

Where to stay

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the town of «Gianduja al sò pais», Sunday 5 September

Getting there

Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 50 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Castell'Alfero 1

Patron saint festival In 323 days

Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the town of «Gianduja al sò pais»

📅 Every year, on the weekend of the first Sunday of September; January-February, start of Carnival with Gianduja al sò pais

Castell'Alfero celebrates Saints Peter and Paul on the weekend of the first Sunday of September; between January and February, «Gianduja al sò pais» marks the start of Piedmontese Carnival with Gianduja and Giacometta of the Famija Turineisa, while in June, at Callianetto, the Mixed Fry Festival is held.

What's around

Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.

Near Castell'Alfero

The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.

Portacomaro Asti · 5 km

Cossombrato Asti · 5 km

Places to see within 25 km

Outside Castell'Alfero, but an easy day trip away.

Royal Palace of Caserta 📍 Caserta · 18 km The Bourbon palace: 1,200 rooms, 1,742 windows and three kilometres of fountains uphill. Belvedere di San Leucio 📍 Caserta · 15 km UNESCO Bourbon complex at San Leucio, with royal apartments, Italian garden and Silk Museum. Oasi Bosco di San Silvestro 📍 Caserta · 15 km WWF oasis of 1993 on the hills of Montemaiulo and Montebriano, a former Bourbon royal estate of 76 hectares. Fontana di Diana e Atteone 📍 Caserta · 15 km Fountain with marble groups of the myth of Diana and Actaeon, at the end of the Italian garden of the Reggia di Caserta. Castello di Casertavecchia 📍 Caserta · 18 km Ruined castle of Casertavecchia, with a great sixteen-sided cylindrical keep. chiesa di San Rufo 📍 Caserta · 17 km Medieval parish church of Piedimonte, in tuff, with an exposed dome, fifteenth-century frescoes and a cippus of 1556.