Attractions and Places To See around Prasco - Top 20

To discover its origins, we must step back in time to the Middle Ages, a period when Alice Bel Colle was a possession of the Counts of Acquesana, later passing under the rule of the Gonzaga family of Mantua, and finally to the House of Savoy. The smallness that distinguishes Alice Bel Colle, however, does not detract from its beauty and uniqueness. Indeed, despite being a small village of 700 inhabitants, it holds a veritable treasure trove of history, culture, and traditions. Examples include the Museum of Contemporary Art, which houses interesting works by renowned artists, the Parish of San Giovanni Battista, and the Church of the Madonna della Fraschetta, which not only serves as a place of worship but is also a focal point during local festivals and demonstrates a strong connection with its inhabitants. Among the culinary traditions, we find the ever-present amaretti biscuits; as for wine, however, there are renowned wines such as Brachetto, Infernotto Barolo, and Moscato. (Quote from the website granmonferrato.it: hill towns, Alice Bel Colle)

Cycle path out of the city

Thermal water fountain located in the center of an elegant square that well represents the nature of the city's waters

Remains of an ancient Roman aqueduct that ennoble our city, rich in history of the distant civilization of the Roman Empire. Many other remains scattered in the area testify to the importance of the spa since ancient times. In addition, the barbarism exercised over the decades by the various questionable thematic administrations has reduced it to a minimum, leaving the ancient splendor to total decay.

In the middle of downtown Acqui Terme, Piazza Bollente is probably the main attraction of the beautiful city. Here stands the small Greek fountain temple, Fontana della Bollente, built in 1879, from which 74.5 degree hot, sulphurous water gushes. In addition to sulphur, it also contains iodine, salt and bromine and is healing for the respiratory tract and bloodstream.

The name of the town is mentioned for the first time in the deed of foundation and donation of the abbey of San Quintino in Spigno (year 991) with the toponym of Ragnando. Grognardo is dominated from above by the ruins of the ancient thousand-year-old castle. There is information that in the sixteenth century, around the fortified building, a cluster of houses joined together with three doors at intervals, allowed, in case of danger, an easy defense of the village and its inhabitants. In the 11th century, San Guido, bishop of Acqui, had the first church built, S. Felice, a parish church built to affirm Christianity in the countryside. Grognardo, probably born for defensive reasons on the hill called Poggio, in the Renaissance era, by virtue of its very favorable position for trade, saw the flourishing of the current settlement mentioned in various notarial deeds as Villa del Piano.

Roman arches, 15011 Acqui Terme AL

La Bollente is an elegant octagonal-shaped shrine-temple inaugurated in 1879 in the square of the same name. This structure of eclectic language highlights a thermal spring from which sulphurous-salty-bromine-iodine water flows at a temperature of 74.5°. A local legend reports the custom of the city of Acqui of immersing newborn children for a few moments in the Bollente spring: whoever survives, according to the popular tale, is named "sgaiento", that is, scalded. Known and used since Roman times, the Bollente spring is mainly used in Acqui's health facilities. Next to the Bollente you can also see the Civic Tower built in 1763 on the foundations of a gate of the ancient city wall dating back to the era of the Municipalities.