The Parish Church of St. Michael

The parish church was designed by the architect Vercellone of Cherasco on the site of the original High Medieval church, which became to small in the 1700s to accommodate the size of the congregation.
The first stone was laid in 1761; the building was completed in 1783.
The form is that of a Greek cross with a single aisle.
The space feels grandiose, despite the simplicity of the lines. There is a certain vertical tension to the circular dome, which rises 35 meters above the ground.
Vercellone, just as the most illustrious architect of Mondovi, Francesco Gallo, attempted to maintain the classical clarity, balance and decorative simplicity of the building.
Decorative painting corresponds to the architectural lines.
The icon in the apse depicts the Archangel St. Michael hunting Lucifer in Hell.
Two scenes of the Gospel are painted on the walls of the chancel: Jesus' dispute in the temple and Mary Magdalene washing the feet of Jesus in Simon's house, both the work of the painter Amedeo Augero da Verolengo (1799-1884). Augero da Verolengo also depicted the City of Turin’s offering at the Consolata Church for the liberation of the city from cholera. The painting is now kept at the Turin city hall.
The church is a treasure trove of artworks to discover, including among them the Vittino organ.
The facade is made of tall and slender brick. It is linear with superimposed orders surmounted by a pediment on its central axis.
The forms are smooth: four shallow niches, which seem to draw more from the Classicism of the late 1700s than the Baroque, interrupt the surface. Thus, some elements anticipate Neo-Classical style while others recollect sixteenth-century technique.