 GROGNARDO
is a small municipality in the high Morferrato whose name comes from
the Geman Ragnār and had the fate of forming itself in two
stages.The ancient town originated in the year 900 AD on top of the
Castellaro hill during the times of the Saracen invasion, around a
defense fortification that continued to expand and strengthen as it
transformed into a true castle in the year 1200, with a greāt tower
circled by three walls. In the beginning of the 14 century, conditions
started changing and GROGNARDO came down from the steep and rugged
hill and began to redevelop, like a plant that extends its roots in a
more adaptable terrain, on the plain at the foot of the hill and
surrounded by the fresh waters of the Visone stream. The villa nova
in plano grugnardi" had its beginnings behind the new church, the
actual Oratory and the old feudal mill; and continued to develop
during the coming centuries reaching one thousand inhabitants by the
end of the year 1800. At that time GROGNARDO becomes known as "the
town of wine" because all the surrounding hills are turned into
vineyards. A few decades later the vineyards turn back into forests,
inhabited more by deer and boars than by people. Today GROGNARDO has
320 inhabitants that live serenely immersed in this spot of the
Monferrato and offers its visitors all the tranquility of its
greenery, its good wine and the refreshing iron-rich waters of the
fountain of San Felice at the Fontanino.
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 GROGNARDO
es un pequeņo
municipio del Alto Monferrato cuyo nombre proviene del alemān-Ragnar
y que tuvo el destino de formārse dos veces. El primitivo pueblo se
origina en el 900 D.C. en Io alto del cerro del Castellaro en epoca de
la invasiķn Sarracena, alrededor de fortificaciones que constituian la
defensa, mientras iban reforzandose hasta transformarse en el aņo
1200 en un verdadero castillo, con una gran torre y rodeado de tres
murallas en circulo. A principios del 1300 las condiciones fueron
cambiando y GROGNARDO bajķ del dificil y escarpado cerro y empieza a
desarrollarse otra vez, como una planta que extiende sus raices en un
terreno mas adaptable, en el llano al pié del cerro, rodendo de las
frercas aguas del torrente Visone. Detrās de la nueva iglesia, el
actual oratorio,y el antiguo molino feudal nace la "villa nova in
plano grugnardi" que se desarrollarā durante los siglos venideros,
alcanzandolo los mil habitantes a finales del 1800 cuando GROGNARDO se
vuelve en"el pueblo del vino" ya que todas las colinas circundantes se
transforman en viņas.
Al paso de algunas decadas las viņas
vuelven a ser bosqųes, poblados mās de ciervos, gamos y jebalíes que
de personas. Hoy GROGNARDO cuenta con 320 habitantes que viven
serenamente inmersos en esta esquina del Monferrato y ofrece a sus
huespedes tanto la tranquilidad de su verdor como su buen vino y las
refrescantes aguas,ricas, en hierro de la fuente de San Felice en el
Fortanino.
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