Out of the village, in open fields, stands the Romanesque parish church of San Giovanni, of the eleventh century. The present parish church, dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin, is far more recent: it was consecrated in 1892. Of the old castle the tower remains, and the civic library now occupies its ground floor.
Between 1904 and 1934 Piobesi was the terminus of a steam tramway running to Turin. The Chisola stream crosses the territory, and the comune borders Candiolo, None, Vinovo, Castagnole Piemonte and Carignano.
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Near Piobesi Torinese
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Piobesi Torinese, but an easy day trip away.
abbazia di Santa Maria al Porale 📍 Ronco Scrivia · 9.9 km Founded by Cistercians in 1208 for pilgrims on the Via Postumia, today a chapel with a fresco of 1446. Castello di Francavilla Bisio 📍 Francavilla Bisio · 10 km The medieval castle of Francavilla Bisio: towers, moat and six centuries of Spinola, Grillo and Guasco. Castello di Lercaro 📍 Ovada · 11 km A Lercaro fortified villa of 1570, given to the town in 1872 as a hospice, now a ruin chiesa di Nostra Signora Assunta 📍 Ovada · 12 km Sober baroque inspired by Genoa, with twin bell towers and Pietro Ivaldi's vault. chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie 📍 Ovada · 12 km Founded by Dominicans in 1481, with a high altar brought from Genoa in 1690 chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione 📍 Ovada · 12 km A plague vow of 1631, first stone in 1640, and an almost total rebuild after the 1935 fire