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MOMBALDONE |
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Comune
di Mombaldone
Via Edoardo Cervetti 15
Tel. 0141/950680
E-mail: mombaldone@libero.it
Mayor: Francesco Arminio
Population: 266
Altitude: 280 a.s.l.
Carabinieri: Roccaverano
Tel. 0144/93022 |
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The
first official records of the village
date back to the year 991, when the Aleramici
dynasty donated lands to the monastery
of San Quintino di Signo, including the
eight hides of land of Mombaldone. In
1209 Ottone del Carretto was granted the
estate, and it remained the property of
the Marquises Carretto di Savona for the
rest of the Middle Ages. It was then granted
to the Commune of Asti as the property
of the Asinari family and then the Scarampis.
Its largest period of growth was in the
14th century.
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| LOCAL
AREA-ECONOMY |
| After
a period of relative inactivity goat farming
has now been successfully resumed, above all
thanks to the good money to be made producing
robiola DOP cheese, and the initiatives organised
by the Comunità Montana. Renowned restaurants
are also starting to appreciate the delicate
flavour of the meat from the Langa Astigiana
goats, which are farmed on a large scale and
mostly butchered for Easter. |
| ART
AND ARCHITECTURE |
| What
remains of the ancient fortifications is the
entrance to the castle, a pointed archway
which conserves its original form, and despite
its current appearance as an ornate eighteenth
century palazzo, there are still traces of
the original walls. At the end of the main
street is a little square, with the parish
church of San Nicolao, designed by Giovanni
Matteo Zucchi (1790) alongside the oratory
of the confraternita di San Sebastiano, also
in Baroque style. |
| EVENTS
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| Mombaldone
relives its Medieval heydays on the last weekend
in August, when the village is literally invaded
by figures in costume, with sword fighting,
a Medieval market, dances in costume, music
from the period and conferences on the same
theme. The ‘Fritter Fair’ (on
the last Sunday in May) is more of a gastronomic
affair, while the main religious event is
on 7-8 September. |
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