Ciciu del Villar Nature Reserve
Villar S. Costanzo Parish Church
The 18th
century church includes the valuable remains of the ancient abbey: a
Gothic keep, the 14th century bell tower, and the 12th century crypt
which is possible to visit from the church chorus. From the sacristy
you can reach St. Giorgio Chapel, a 15th centuty funerary mausoleum
rich in frescoes by Pietro da Saluzzo.
S. Costanzo al Monte
Built
in the 12th century in Romanesque-Gothic style, this church is one of
the most valuable religious monuments in Piemonte. It is situated on
the slopes of Mount St.Bernardo, the martyrdom place of St. Costanzo.
It presents outside three semicircular apses and inside one nave and
two aisles with 26 pillars dominated by Romanesque capitals, and a
crypt with one nave and two aisles.
