Patron saint festival
Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel
📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Novello celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the village borders Barolo, in the heart of the Langhe hills.
For some centuries Novello headed a small feudal state held by a branch of the Del Carretto. It was born in 1268, when the lands of Giacomo I, marquis of Finale, were divided among his three sons and Novello went to Enrico. The investiture of 1354 confirms their rights over Monchiero, Sinio, Bossolasco, Gorzegno, Mombarcaro and other places in the Langhe.
The village sits on top of its hill with the rows running down around it: barolo, dolcetto, barbera and nascetta. The hill is badly exposed to hail, so retractable nylon nets run above the vines on taut steel cables, high enough for tractors; they are pulled out when a storm is forecast.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Novello, but an easy day trip away.
Città Alta and the Venetian Walls 📍 Bergamo · 18 km A 6,200-meter wall built by Venice in the 16th century, this UNESCO World Heritage site encloses Bergamo Alta. Accademia Carrara 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The count founded the gallery and the school together, so pupils could copy from life. Teatro Gaetano Donizetti 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The theatre born where wooden huts once stood, now Donizetti's home. basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 📍 Bergamo · 18 km The church without a façade in Bergamo's upper town: Campione's lions and the intarsias designed by Lotto. chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The lower Bergamo church with the Martinengo altarpiece, Lotto's largest. chiesa di Santo Spirito 📍 Bergamo · 17 km Bergamo church called «of the Tasso», with Lorenzo Lotto's 1521 altarpiece and the via Pignolo chapels.