Urban trekking
Discover the wonders of Longobucco's old town
The vinedde and the tower
Longobucco is best seen on foot, up and down the “vinedde”, the narrow lanes that weave and overlap between the houses, often in flights of steps. La Sacristana is in the old town: the walk starts at the front door.
The symbol of the village is the 32-metre bell tower: it was built in the 12th century as a watch and defence tower and around 1700 became the bell tower, with its octagonal drum and spire. Along the way you pass carved stone doorways, such as the one of Palazzo Citino with its grotesque masks, and the mansions overlooking Piazza Matteotti.
The churches
Next to the tower stands the mother church of Santa Maria Assunta, recorded as early as the 12th century and a Marian sanctuary since 1960: a stone façade, an 18th-century Baroque interior, a black stone font resting on three lions and, in the sacristy, 18th-century silverware made with silver from the village mines.
Not far away are the 16th-century church of San Domenico, dedicated to the patron saint (his feast is on 4 August), and the church of Santa Maria Maddalena, on the edge of the old town, with its inlaid wooden pulpit and confessional from 1775.