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After the passing of the Crocetta you will descend through a landscape that alternates between fields and chestnut woods. After passing the scattered homes of Montecalvo and Casavecchia you will come across Tiglieto, a holiday village that offers a vast area of green pine trees.
Tiglieto is located on the Piedmont and Ligurian boundary. Tiglieto gets a lot of sunshine, which makes up for its dry climate and it has become a holiday village for tourists as well as a great weekend get-away.
Tiglieto has also become a winter resort because it is close to the Sassello ski slopes. Tiglieto’s economy is mainly based on its prestigious woodwork productions such as fixtures and wood furnishings.
Badia is located in a valley full of pine and chestnut tress. During the 12th century the Abbey of Tiglieto was built and the first Cistercian monks in Italy lived here and they also gave hospitality to San Bernardo. However, the abbey was then transformed into a private home.
The complex also includes a church that originally was in the Romantic-Gothic style that was left abandoned for some time, but now it has been restored. This is where the history of Tiglieto begins with the Roman settlement of Civitacola. It was then frequented by the Lombard nobility and it was turned into a hunting area. In the 12th century, a Cistercian monk that came from Borgogna began to build the monastic complex, which expanded and became well-known in the entire area between the low Monferrato and the Riviera di Ponente.
It was then suppressed in the 15th century by Eugenio IV and in 1747 the Austrians became stronger but they were then pushed away by the Genoese.
In the mid 30’s the administrative center of Tiglieto moved form Badia to Monte Olivo. With the help of its inhabitants the Arcipresbiteriale Church of N.S. dell’ Assunta was built.
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