Tourism: piazza Galimberti, the 1317 Civic Tower, the river park
Piazza Galimberti with the house-museum of partisan Duccio Galimberti, pedestrian via Roma and the arcades of corso Nizza, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Bosco, the Civic Tower of 1317, contrada Mondovì with the Diocesan Museum, the Civic Museum and the Gesso and Stura river park with its panoramic lift. In October the National Chestnut Fair fills the historic centre.
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- Piazza Galimberti: the heart of the city, with the Tuesday market and the Museo Casa Galimberti, home of partisan Duccio Galimberti.
- Via Roma, fully pedestrian, and corso Nizza with its arcades, the shopping centre of town.
- Cathedral of Santa Maria del Bosco, with a neoclassical facade: its original core already existed when the city was founded (1198).
- Civic Tower, built in 1317, with views over the city, the plain and the mountains; former church and convent of San Francesco in piazza Virginio.
- Contrada Mondovì, the old Jewish ghetto, with the Confraternity of San Sebastiano and the Diocesan Museum; Civic Museum with archaeological and ethnographic collections.
- Gesso and Stura river park around the city, reached by the panoramic lift.
National Chestnut Fair
From 16 to 18 October 2026 the historic centre hosts the Fiera Nazionale del Marrone, a food fair with hundreds of selected exhibitors from via Roma to piazza Galimberti, dedicated to fruit and timber chestnut, with crafts, workshops, shows and two special markets along the central axis.
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Updated: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-20
Reviewed: 10/22/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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