Nizza Monferrato lies in the upper Monferrato, some thirty kilometres south-east of Asti, in the Belbo valley, in the middle of the vineyards. It was founded in 1225 by people of the area after the destruction of several castles in the Alessandria district, around the abbey of San Giovanni in Lanero; ten years later it was a comune, and in 1264 it joined the marquisate of Montferrat.
In Piedmontese it is Nissa dla Paja, Nizza of the straw: the nickname comes from the habit of roofing houses with dried grass stems. In 1613, governed by cardinal Ferdinando Gonzaga, it held out against the troops of Charles Emmanuel I and in thanksgiving established a procession on the day of Saint Charles Borromeo, still the town's patron. Today it is known above all for Barbera.
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Next up: Saint Charles Borromeo and the vow of the 1613 siege, Wednesday 4 November
Nearest airport: Genova, 55 km away
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📅 Every year, on 4 November
On 4 November Nizza Monferrato celebrates Saint Charles Borromeo: in 1613 the town made him a vow to withstand the siege by Savoy, and ever since the lion defending the cross has been on its coat of arms.
chiesa di San Giovanni Battista Nizza's duomo: it was the Franciscan church and became the parish church in 1827. 
chiesa di San Siro Founded in 1311 on one condition: that its archpriest always be a priest of Nizza 
chiesa di Sant'Ippolito Documented in 1297, rebuilt in the mid-eighteenth century, still using confessionals of 1476 
palazzo comunale di Nizza Monferrato Built in 1353 and still the town hall, beside the tower locals call el Campanon Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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