When the ‘new town’ or ‘villanova’ of Canale was first planned during the Middle Ages, an area to the south east was circled with a defence wall...
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The parish church was first documented in 1213, with a dedication to St Stefano. The church changed its patron to St Vittore in 1800...
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The centre of Canale still preserves the original plan of the ‘villanova’ that the Comune of Asti had designed for it in 1260 to house the populations of various nearby villages...
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Canale can be considered an accurate barometer of the prevalently agricultural economy of the Roero region...
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