Tra le colline e i vigneti delle Langhe, risalendo il corso del torrente Talloria, si raggiunge il suggestivo borgo di Sinio.
Si tratta di una città pressocchè rurale con origini medievali e caratterizzata da una conformazione urbana differente da quella concentrica, tipica degli altri borghi della valle.
Qui il centro storico, per esigenze difensive e di adattamento alla pendenza della collina su cui è stato edificato, ha una disposizione a scudo dove le tre vie parallele principali si congiungo a punta in basso.
In alto domina il Castello di Sinio, una casaforte quattrocentesca ricostruita dalla famiglia Del Carretto sui resti si una precedente fortificazione medioevale distrutta dagli Sforza.
Nella Piazza Marconi sorge la Parrocchiale di San Frontiniano, ricostruita negli anni Venti del 1800 in uno stile esterno neoclassico con facciata con mattoni a vista ed interno tardo barocco.
Di fronte all'ingresso del Castello di Sinio si può ammirare, invece, la Cappella di San Sebastiano Martire, edificio costruito al di fuori delle mura agli inizi del 1600 ed annesso al lazzareto.
Anticamente due erano le porte che permettevano l'accesso a Sinio: la porta "sottana", all'incrocio delle tre vie principali, e quella "soprana", tra la parrocchiale e la cinta del castello.
La visita di Sinio prosegue percorrendo le strette vie del centro, che come in tanti altri borghi, regalano sempre piccole sorprese e scorci interessanti e si conclude presso l'Oratorio dell’Annunciazione di Maria Vergine.
Questo edificio storico fu sede della Confraternita dei Battuti Bianchi, ma intorno al 1920 venne riconvertito in salone teatrale, destinazione d'uso tutt'ora in atto. Qui opera per lo più la Compagnia del Nostro Teatro di Sinio e al suo interno è conservata l'opera "Stage-effect" di Walter Accigliaro.
Sinio fa parte della "Strada Romantica delle Langhe e del Roero", realizzata dal GAL Langhe Roero Leader con lo scopo di scoprire in un modo diverso gli infiniti paesaggi che le Langhe sanno offrire attraverso undici tappe ed altrettanti temi.
Burgh of Sinio - Langhe
Among the hills and vineyards of the Langhe, going up the course of the Talloria stream, you reach the charming village of Sinio.
It's almost rural town with medieval origins and characterized by an urban conformation different from the concentric one, typical of the other villages of the Langhe valley.
Here, the historic center, due to defensive needs and the adaptation to the slope of the hill on which it was built, has a shield arrangement where the three main parallel streets join at the bottom point.
Above the Sinio Castle dominates the town, it's a fifteenth-century fort rebuilt by the Del Carretto family on the remains of a previous medieval fortification destroyed by the Sforza.
In the Piazza Marconi stands the Parish Church of San Frontiniano, rebuilt in the 1820s in a neoclassical exterior style with exposed brick walls and a late Baroque interior.
In front of the entrance of the Sinio Castle you can admire the Chapel of San Sebastiano Martire, a building built outside the walls in the early 1600s and annexed to the lazaret.
In ancient times there were two doors that allowed access to Sinio: the "sottana" door, at the intersection of the three main streets, and the "soprana", between the parish church and the castle walls.
The visit of Sinio continues along the narrow streets of the center, which like many other villages, always offer small surprises and interesting views and ends at the Oratory of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
This historical building was the seat of the Battuti Bianchi Confraternity , but around 1920 it was converted into a theater hall, a destination still in use today. Here mostly operates the Company of Our Theater of Sinio and inside it is preserved the work "Stage-effect" by Walter Accigliaro.
Sinio is part of the "Romantic Road of the Langhe and Roero", created by the GAL Langhe Roero Leader with the aim of discovering in a different way the infinite landscapes that Langhe land can offer through eleven stages and as many themes.
Among the hills and vineyards of the Langhe, going up the course of the Talloria stream, you reach the charming village of Sinio.
It's almost rural town with medieval origins and characterized by an urban conformation different from the concentric one, typical of the other villages of the Langhe valley.
Here, the historic center, due to defensive needs and the adaptation to the slope of the hill on which it was built, has a shield arrangement where the three main parallel streets join at the bottom point.
Above the Sinio Castle dominates the town, it's a fifteenth-century fort rebuilt by the Del Carretto family on the remains of a previous medieval fortification destroyed by the Sforza.
In the Piazza Marconi stands the Parish Church of San Frontiniano, rebuilt in the 1820s in a neoclassical exterior style with exposed brick walls and a late Baroque interior.
In front of the entrance of the Sinio Castle you can admire the Chapel of San Sebastiano Martire, a building built outside the walls in the early 1600s and annexed to the lazaret.
In ancient times there were two doors that allowed access to Sinio: the "sottana" door, at the intersection of the three main streets, and the "soprana", between the parish church and the castle walls.
The visit of Sinio continues along the narrow streets of the center, which like many other villages, always offer small surprises and interesting views and ends at the Oratory of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
This historical building was the seat of the Battuti Bianchi Confraternity , but around 1920 it was converted into a theater hall, a destination still in use today. Here mostly operates the Company of Our Theater of Sinio and inside it is preserved the work "Stage-effect" by Walter Accigliaro.
Sinio is part of the "Romantic Road of the Langhe and Roero", created by the GAL Langhe Roero Leader with the aim of discovering in a different way the infinite landscapes that Langhe land can offer through eleven stages and as many themes.
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