Murazzano stands high over the Langhe, and the position earned it the name of shield and key of Piedmont. The medieval tower still stands above the houses, with its lawn and a lookout over the hills; lower down is the ricetto, the fortified enclosure of the village.
Then the parish church of San Lorenzo, the Palazzo Tovegni and the sanctuary of the Beata Vergine di Hal. The town gives its name to a soft cheese with protected origin status, and it turns up in Il partigiano Johnny, the novel by Beppe Fenoglio.
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Near Murazzano
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Murazzano, but an easy day trip away.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Mira · 9.2 km The sanctuary of the Madonna Mora at Borbiago di Mira, with Andrea Briosco's statue and Diziani's great canvas. Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena 📍 Mira · 10 km The parish church of Oriago, with a canvas attributed to Titian's brother and a bell tower with octagonal belfry. Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo in Bosco 📍 Mira · 10 km The church of Bosco Grande in Mira, rebuilt in the twentieth century beside its sixteenth-century bell tower. Villa Foscari 📍 Venice · 13 km Palladio's Malcontenta on the Brenta: a temple of brick disguised as stone, reached by boat. Duomo di San Giovanni Battista 📍 Mira · 12 km The late-Romanesque church of Gambarare, with a Callido organ and almost five centuries of priests chosen locally. ponte della Libertà 📍 Venice · 17 km The four-kilometre bridge with which Venice, in 1846, stopped being an island: the lagoon crossing.