From reliable information, the birth of the municipality dates back to the early 13th century.
What to see in Montaldeo
- CASTELLO E LA SUA STORIA
- SPETTRO DELLA MONACA
- PARROCCHIALE DI SAN MARTINO
- CHIESA DI SAN MICHELE
- ORATORIO DEI BATTUTI
The castle, now owned by the D’ORIA family, is typically considered a “canonical type” building for fortified stately residences in certain regions, and rare examples can be found in Piedmont.
The resemblance to the castle of Verres is striking.
The second floor features a large hall known as the “hall of coats of arms” furnished with a fireplace from the late 1500s, as well as the court room, in which lower justice was exercised by the feudal lords.
The dungeons preserve prisons accessed through a series of labyrinthine passages and ladders, nor are there any shortage of trap pits and instruments of torture.
The castle is linked to one of the most famous legends in history.
It is said that on stormy summer nights, when there is lightning and thunder, high up on the guard walkway appeared a figure of a noblewoman with a large bonnet on her head, spewing flames and smoke from her eyes and mouth.
Tradition has identified the devilish being as Sister Costanza Gentile who escaped from the monastery of St. Leonard of Genoa in 1699.
It is said that she was the secret mistress of Clement D’Oria lord of Montaldeo.
The interior is in neoclassical style with a single nave.
On the left side opens the Chapel of St. Joseph, notable for pink marble of the 18th-century altar of justpatronage of the D’Oria family.
An 18th-century Processional Crucifix and a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary can be seen.
It was the first parish church of Montaldeo.
The church contains numerous highly abraded frescoes dating from the late 15th century.
Halfway through the village is the oratory where in the center of the apse rises in Baroque forms the altar of the Virgin, whose statue is placed between two twisted columns.
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