Castello di Magliano Alfieri

Owned by the Alfieri family since 1240, the current residence was built on the site of the medieval fortress by Count Catalano Alfieri during the 17th century. The building, completed by his son, Count Carlo Emanuele, is distinguished by the imposing lines, severe and at the same time graceful, typical of the more mature Piedmontese Baroque.
The building houses the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, with a significant section dedicated to plaster ceilings, documenting a singular decorative phenomenon widespread in peasant homes in the Roero, Astigiano, Monferrato and Ovadese areas from the 17th to 19th centuries, and its particular construction technique.
Since 2015, the castle has also housed the multimedia museum Teatro del Paesaggio delle Colline di Langa e Roero. The museum is a tool for understanding and loving the splendid hilly landscape that has become a World Heritage Site. The films, made by the University of Pollenzo, tell the stories of generations of farmers who have built, and entrusted to us, a unique and inimitable heritage.
Visitable and richly frescoed, on the east side of the castle, is the noble chapel of the Alfieri family, remembered as the Oratory of the Holy Shroud, a jewel in the 'baroque' style.