Things to see in Neive

Neive is a town of 3,300 people (2020) in Piedmont, Italy. It is included among the "most beautiful villages in Italy" (I borghi più belli d'Italia) and has been awarded the orange flag by the Italian Touring Club.

The atmosphere of the ancient village has been maintained thanks to the winding cobbled streets that are arranged in rings around the top of the hill or that rise towards the Clock Tower (13th century), symbol of the ancient municipality.

Like many villages in Piedmont, Neive is known for its barolo and barbaresco wineries.

The historic centre retains a medieval structure that thickens in the upper part where some vestiges of the shelter remain, although the ancient castle was destroyed in 1276 during one of the many wars between the municipalities of Asti and Alba.

The heart of the village is represented by Piazza Italia: almost an 18th-century living room which overlooks the administrative offices of the country. You immediately notice a white building - the ancient Palazzo del Municipio - with slender arches and pilasters, which bears a conspicuous municipal coat of arms at the top, under the clock.

The offices of the Municipality are now on the other side of the square, in a building with an exposed brick facade, the Palazzo Borgese.

Other historical memories are represented by the numerous terracotta buildings

The Casaforte dei Conti Cotti di Ceres, built in the 13th century by a family of bankers near the Clock Tower; in it Francesco Cotti wrote in the late 17th century one of the oldest Piedmontese texts on the cultivation of the vine.

The Palace of the Countess Demaria (16th century), near the San Rocco gate, not far from which is also the 18th-century Palazzo Bongioanni Cocito.