Ricetto di Candelo

Not a village people lived in but a fortified store, the Ricetto di Candelo is a walled pentagon of about two hundred 'cells' where the community kept its wine and fodder and took refuge from attack. Built around the turn of the 14th century, it is one of the best-preserved medieval complexes in Europe, crossed by lanes called rue and entered through a single gate tower.

Highlights

• The gate tower, with separate openings and drawbridges for carts and walkers
• The Casa del Principe, Sebastiano Ferrero's tower house and the tallest building
• The winemaking ecomuseum in the old cellars
• The Piccolo Museo delle cose di Cucina e Pasticceria
• December, when the ricetto becomes Father Christmas's village with a living nativity

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.