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a food and wine tour with tasting of wines and typical dishes among the crotìn, the cellars dug into the tuff that store the best wine. The village of the town is animated for two days by music, exhibitions and theatrical events. The Rapulé Fair is the ideal opportunity to visit the
Calosso Castle, kindly opened for the occasion by the owners, the
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For more than a millennium its imposing silhouette has watched over the town of
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Monferrato Succession, it was involved in an endless series of occupations by the various passing armies. In fact, at the beginning of the 17th century, Calosso was besieged by the Spanish and later recovered by
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152:Show map of Piedmont
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