After the mid twelfth century it was Santo Stefano de Astixio; Roero came only in the fifteenth, as at Monteu Roero opposite, to which it owed feudal dependence. The lordship passed to the Roero of Asti for twenty-five thousand lire astesi and stayed until feudal rights ended; the arms still carry their blazon.
In 1217 the Biandrate raised a square tower of twenty-five metres on the crag. In the nineteenth century the owners gave it to the town as proof of its age; but the crag thinned, the tower was halved, and a landslide took it down in December 2002. The bare spur remains, facing the parish church of Santa Maria del Podio.
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📅 Every year, on 26 December
On 26 December Santo Stefano Roero celebrates its patron Saint Stephen, whose name became part of the town's own name; in August, in the San Lorenzo hamlet, the Festa di Valle brings vintage cars and tractors.
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Outside Santo Stefano Roero, but an easy day trip away.
