Montoso

We made our way up the mountain road above Bagnolo to see Montoso whose church, designed by Aimaro d’Isola in 1963, is dedicated to Our Lady the Assumption and was consecrated on 15 August 1967.   It was one of the first of his experiments in reviving the Piedmontese vernacular, working with the local community and using local materials.   On the Feast of the Assumption (today), it has an open-air street market where people come and sell holy biscuits, salami and mountain cheese:-

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