Cassinasco: Culture and Hiking Trails

If you’re looking for a hotel in Cassinasco, its historic sites and the hiking trails described here offer concrete points of reference to help you choose your destination. Santuario dei Caffi, San Massimo and the Torre Civica represent different chapters in the town’s history; there are also two hiking routes with named starting points and destinations. This gives you a chance to consider whether you’re particularly interested in religious buildings, the history of a former village, a historic tower or walking trails in Cassinasco.

Churches and landmarks

Santuario dei Caffi is about 2 kilometres from Cassinasco on the road to Loazzolo. San Massimo is a parish church standing alone on a hill, about 3 kilometres from Cassinasco on the road to San Vito di Calamandrana. These distances are approximate; the named roads provide two different points of reference for the local churches.

The present-day Santuario dei Caffi was completed and opened for worship on 21 September 1902. Since 1967, it has served as the meeting place for the annual gathering of the Alpini of ANA Asti, held on the last Sunday in May. If this gathering is important to your stay, check the date for the relevant year in advance.

From Soriano to the Torre Civica

The history of San Massimo goes back to the ancient village of Soriano: the church was originally its chapel. Soriano had a castle, which the emperor transferred to the Bishop of Acqui in 1116. The village disappeared around the middle of the 14th century, possibly as a result of the 1348 plague. The rear section of the original church building has survived. This sequence connects the present-day parish church with a former village and its recorded history.

Another landmark is the Torre Civica. It is the surviving part of Cassinasco Castle, which was destroyed in 1615. The tower is believed to date from the Byzantine-Lombard period. The Torre Civica therefore brings together two distinct points in time: the tower’s presumed date of construction and the destruction of the castle it belonged to. It thus complements the history of the churches with a physical link to the former castle complex.

Hiking trails with different points of reference

An official hiking trail reaches Cassinasco from Loazzolo via route 512, then continues along route 501 to the town centre. Another route description starts at the upper square in Cassinasco: from there, the trail follows path 511 and the 511A turnoff along the so-called “Sentiero del Moscato.”

The route descriptions name different points of reference: the first route comes from the direction of Loazzolo and leads to the centre, while the second starts at the upper square and follows the Sentiero del Moscato. This distinction can help you factor the two route descriptions into your travel plans without combining them into a single route.

A product with a story from Cassinasco

The “Torrone Faccio di Cassinasco” also has a specific story: Antonio Faccio invented the original recipe in 1856. Alongside the religious buildings and traces of the town’s history, this named product offers another insight into Cassinasco. Together, these themes give you different ways to shape your choice of destination.

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