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Saint Nicholas, patron of the land of the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Misericordia
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Alice Castello celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
In 1270 a new village was taking shape not far off, Borgo d'Alice — later Borgo d'Ale — gathering the people of the old villages around: Clivolo, Meoglio, Erbario, San Michele delle Logge, Areglio. The abbot of Sant'Andrea of Vercelli, helped by the bishop, managed to keep Alice out of it.
The name probably comes from a Latin personal name, Allicus. In the documents the place is first simply Alice, then Alice Vercellese, then Alix Inferior to tell it from Alice Superiore in the Canavese. "Castello" was added in 1862, to recall the castle that dominates the village and its old feudal standing.
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Outside Alice Castello, but an easy day trip away.
chiesa dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo 📍 Luni · 400 m Rothari levelled the Byzantine chapel; in the eleventh century Nicola rebuilt on its highest point. santuario di Nostra Signora del Mirteto 📍 Luni · 1.1 km In 1537 a painting wept tears of blood: from that grew the sanctuary above Ortonovo. chiesa di San Lorenzo 📍 Luni · 1.3 km Built between 1621 and 1645 on the ruins of a castle, a perpetual abbey since 1714. chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena 📍 Castelnuovo Magra · 2.5 km Three naves on eight columns of Carrara marble, under a portal carved in 1671. Palazzo Amati Ingolotti Cornelio 📍 Castelnuovo Magra · 2.5 km A marchese rebuilt it for his duchess wife; its sixteenth-century cellars now pour the local wine. Luna 📍 Luni · 2.9 km Rome's marble port: forum, theatre and an amphitheatre for 7,000, at the mouth of the Magra.