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Vinchio

Last update 31 January 2024

Vinchio, in the fiefdom of the marquises, where history and legend blend with the best fruits that the land produces

Landscape

Vinchio rises in the southern Astigiano.

It is about 23 km from Asti, the provincial capital.

Insights

“Presentazione”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 26, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/presentazione-419e25e3-1492-451f-9da0-d609e0bd95f0. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

History

Historians date the first historical information related to Vinchio to 935 AD.

In that year the Count of Acqui, Aleramo, obtained a decisive victory against the Saracens and repelled them, forever, from the Monferrato lands.

In 1125, the territory belonged to the lands of the Committee of Loreto and then passed, a century later, to Asti.

The history of Vinchio, for several centuries, is closely linked to the Scarampi family and their dynasty.

Insights

“La Storia”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/la-storia-10d88666-64c5-4f20-b578-5040cde21030. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

Administration

Food and wine and typical products

Vinchio is a land with a strong wine vocation.

The main wines of the area are Barbera, Cortese, Freisa, Grignolino, Dolcetto, Bonarda, Chardonnay, and Moscato.

The Vinchiese area is also a land of truffles and the famous “Saraceno” asparagus, to which the Municipality dedicates – every May – a festival.

Insights

“Il vino e prodotti tipici”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/il-vino-e-prodotti-tipici. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

“Manifestazioni”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 26, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/manifestazioni-f76cb62c-1e5f-4198-9baf-1b11e78ba92e. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

To be seen

There are four museums in Vinchio: the Open Peasant Museum “Vinchio and the hills of Barbera” (Museo Contadino all'aperto “Vinchio e le colline della Barbera”), outdoors, the Davide Lajolo Museum - Vinchio is my nest (Museo Davide Lajolo - Vinchio è il mio nido), the House of Memory, of the Resistance and of the Deportation (Casa della Memoria, della Resistenza e della Deportazione) and the Birthplace and Museum of the Venerable Brother Teodoreto.

Also of extreme interest are the religious buildings in the municipality, including the parish church dedicated to the evangelist St. Mark, the Church of the Confraternity of the Holy Trinity (Chiesa della Confraternita della Santissima Trinità), anche parish church in the hamlet of Noche.

For outdoor lovers, there are three itineraries to be discovered.

Finally, you cannot miss a stop at the Val Sarmassa Special Nature Reserve, the three “nests”, the Giant Red Bench, the UNESCO Belvedere with adjoining Giant Wine Goblet and artistic bench, the giant pencils in Collina San Michele and in the hamlet of Noche, the giant chairs in via San Michele and to the fossil geosite.

Insights

“Itinerari letterari”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/itinerari-letterari. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

“Musei ed edifici religiosi”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 26, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/musei-ed-edifici-religiosi. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

“Personaggi illlustri”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/personaggi-illlustri. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

“Riconoscimento Unesco”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 26, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/riconoscimento-unesco. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

“Val Sarmassa”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/val-sarmassa. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

Curiosity

La Ru, a centuries-old oak tree, is the natural monument of the Val Sarmassa Reserve, made magical by the tails of the well-known writer and journalist Davide Lajolo.

Insights

“Personaggi illlustri”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/personaggi-illlustri. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

“Val Sarmassa”. Comune di Vinchio, Nov. 27, 2018, www.comune.vinchio.at.it/it/page/val-sarmassa. Last accessed Jan. 29, 2024.

Data source

Insights

BeWeb - Beni Ecclesiastici in WEB
https://beweb.chiesacattolica.it/

Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali
https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/

Centro Interuniversitario di Storia Territoriale "Goffredo Casalis"
https://www.archiviocasalis.it/

Ente Turismo Langhe Monferrato Roero
https://www.visitlmr.it

Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera.
https://it.wikipedia.org

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