Discover Camagna Monferrato

Camagna Monferrato brings together a hilltop setting, a historic village layout and winemaking culture. The town offers several specific points of interest to help you plan your trip: views of the Alps and the Ligurian Apennines, a roughly half-hour walk through the village’s history, and underground Infernot wine cellars. Individual buildings, an artwork and a Big Bench also reveal different aspects of the town. Get to know Camagna Monferrato through its landscape, history and winemaking traditions.

Hilltop Setting and Historic Village

Camagna is set on a hill, with views of the Alps and the Ligurian Apennines. The historic village developed in concentric circles around its church and a medieval castle that no longer exists. Narrow lanes lead to the top of the hill, where houses built of tuff and brick—materials typical of the Monferrato—stand. The sweeping views of the mountain ranges and the narrow lanes show two different scales of the place.

A Walk Through Camagna’s History

The Sentiero Storico-Culturale is a roughly half-hour walk through Camagna’s history. Its approximate duration makes it easy to plan as a separate activity with a defined time commitment. Its theme adds a broader historical perspective to individual traces of the village’s architecture and culture.

Wine Country and Infernot

Camagna Monferrato is part of the vineyard landscapes of Piedmont, Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, which were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The connection to wine is also tangible in the Infernot: underground rooms dug into the tuff beneath houses and used to store wine. Tuff is therefore found both in houses typical of the Monferrato and as the material of these underground wine cellars.

At some festivals and events, visitors are guided to Camagna’s most beautiful and best-preserved Infernot, where they taste local wines, particularly Barbera and Grignolino. If you would like to plan a visit that includes a tasting, check the dates of the specific events as you plan your trip.

Church, Barn and Wooden Sculptures

Beneath the Chiesa di S. Eusebio is a crypt, inaugurated in May 2001 in memory of the parish priest Don Dino Rota. Another historic trace is the small barn on Via Rocca. It may date from the 14th or 15th century and remains a testament to Camagna’s past, though its date is uncertain. The crypt has a documented inauguration date, while the barn has only a possible date range.

The wooden sculptures by Nicola Garramone offer another connection to the surrounding area. He makes them from the roots of various tree species that he finds while walking in the hills and valleys of Camagna Monferrato. A church memorial, a historic building and artworks made from locally found materials thus present different cultural themes side by side.

The “San Roc” Big Bench

Big Bench No. 119, “San Roc,” is located in Camagna Monferrato. Its name comes from the San Rocco area, where a chapel once stood; the chapel is documented from the 16th century onward. This connection differs from the memorial to Don Dino Rota in the crypt: there, the focus is a personal tribute; here, it is the history of an area and its former chapel.

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