Castino stands on a ridge between the Bormida di Millesimo and Belbo valleys, with the village at the edge of its territory, close to Cossano Belbo but not bordering it: a spur of Rocchetta Belbo cuts in. The name is unexplained: proposals point to a Roman official surnamed Castus, to castrinum, «small camp», to old chestnut woods.
Hamlets lie on both banks of the Belbo: San Bovo got its own parish in 1905, and Beppe Fenoglio set much of La malora at the Pavaglione farm. On a grassy crest outside the village, the church of San Rocco opens its stone front into a porch, the carved rose window in shadow.
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📅 Every year, on 20 July
On 20 July Castino, a municipality of 500 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Saint Margaret of Antioch; the co-patron is Saint Joseph.
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Outside Castino, but an easy day trip away.
