Garbagna
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Cherries are the pride of Garbagna: the Ciliegia bella di Garbagna is protected as a Slow Food presidium. The village lies in the Tortona hills on the right bank of the Scrivia, and from 1548 it was one of the seven imperial fiefs granted to Admiral Andrea Doria. A local theatre company keeps the Garbagna dialect alive with comedies written in it.
Highlights
- Ciliegia bella di Garbagna, the Slow Food cherry
- Santuario della Madonna del Lago, site of a 1341 apparition
- The parish church of San Giovanni Battista (IT)
- Comedies in Garbagna dialect by the village theatre company
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Garbagna, Garbagna, Piedmont). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 609
Events through the year
- Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikidata (Q17366). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Ciliegia bella di GarbagnaLocal produceCherry recognised as a Slow Food Presidium
Adapted from Wikipedia (Garbagna). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
2 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme di Rivanazzano · ~27 min by car
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Nearby member villages
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- Varzi · 16 km
- Fortunago · 21 km
- Zavattarello · 23 km
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