Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Camino is acomune (municipality) in theProvince of Alessandria in theItalian regionPiedmont, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east ofTurin and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest ofAlessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 763 and an area of 18.4 square kilometres (7.1 sq mi).[3]
Camino borders the following municipalities:Gabiano,Mombello Monferrato,Morano sul Po,Palazzolo Vercellese,Pontestura,Solonghello, andTrino.
Demographic evolution
[edit]The Castello di Camino dates from the 11th century and has one of the highest medieval towers in theMonferrato area. The castle belonged to theBishop of Asti up until the 13th century and was later administered by theMarquis of Montferrat. From 1323 to 1950, the castle belonged to theScarampi family fromVillanova.Vittorio Emanuele II,Umberto I andVittorio Emanuele III of Savoy were guests at the castle.Benito Mussolini inaugurated the Monferratoaqueduct from the castle balcony.[4]
View over Rocca delle Donne
Castle of Camino
main tower of the castle
particular of the inner side of the castle
another view of the castle
a jester in the castle courtyard
aerial view of Camino
