This area may have been inhabited by the Liguri and was definitely inhabited by the Celts, and the village became a place of passage as it stood on the connecting axis between the Aemilia Scauri route and the towns of Alba Pompeia (Alba), Forum Fulvi and Valentia (Valenza). Following the Longobard invasion the territorial structure of the valley underwent certain changes. Country villas were abandoned as the few remaining farmers preferred aggregation in order to better organise and defend themselves. Evidence of this is one of the many castles built in the 10th century, first mentioned in 967.

Despite the modest dimensions of the village, the municipal area is vast and comprehends great areas almost entirely dedicated to viticulture. Barbera is the traditional cultivation, but there are also Moscato, Dolcetto, Cortese and other varieties which have undergone a definite increase in the last few decades. A large part of the municipal area is in fact occupied by the premises of the Cantina Sociale, established in 1954 by Don Carlo Montrucchio.

ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Castel Boglione does not have a well-defined Medieval centre. There is nothing left of the original castle. However there is no shortage of religious buildings with a certain artistic merit. The majestic newly built parish church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, is in an eclectic neo-Romanesque style, with Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassical elements: built in the form of a Latin cross, there are three naves and a large octagonal dome.