Crescentino too is a planned town: Vercelli founded it in 1242 as a borgo franco, on land that had belonged to the chapter of Sant'Eusebio, then to the abbey of San Genuario and finally to the principality of Lucedio. The layout was an irregular quadrilateral cut by a main street and by three minor lanes: the historic centre is still that one.
It stands where the Dora Baltea flows into the Po, and the position cost it dearly: a border between Monferrato and Savoy, a military garrison from 1613, besieged in 1625 and in 1715. On 8 September 1944 the Germans shot nine men on the station forecourt, and eleven days later they burned the town: thirty-nine houses destroyed.
castello di San Genuario · chiesa della Beata Vergine Assunta · chiesa della confraternita di San Giuseppe and 1 more
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Next up: Saint Crescentinus, the soldier who fled Rome, Sunday 6 June
Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 36 km away
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📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of June
On the first Sunday of June Crescentino celebrates its patron: a Roman soldier who in 297, rather than renounce the Christian faith, left the capital.
castello di San Genuario A monastery of 707, relics given by Lothair in 843, and a castle built to defend them 
chiesa della Beata Vergine Assunta Saint Crescentinus is in the rose window, and inside hangs an altarpiece given to Moncalvo 
chiesa della confraternita di San Giuseppe A Nativity by Moncalvo and a company that attended those condemned to death 
Torre civica The bell that called the 1529 revolt against the Tizzoni now sits in the town hall Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Crescentino, but an easy day trip away.
