Rocca de’ Baldi

Rocca de’ Baldi is a very small town located in the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, about 70 km south of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Cuneo.

This is a pretty poorly preserved medieval village, but very fascinating.

There is an old castle (XIII cent.) severely damaged and restored in 1600 and 1700; but the small streets and the medieval center of Rocca de’ Baldi are far more interesting as you can see in the pictures.

I walked around Rocca de’ Baldi a while spending the morning, there was quite some snow around but it was the last one of 2010.

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