Via dei Briganti | Stage 3 Villafranca d'Asti - Roatto

The route starts from the concentric of Villafranca, where you can visit the beautiful baroque church of Castellamonte. Cross the state road and the highway via an underpass. The route proceeds along a road parallel to the motorway, then heads north into the Valtriversa, so called for the Traversola stream that once fed many mills in the area. You can opt for the 3A variant that leads to the Via dell'acqua and San Paolo Solbrito. Continuing along stage 3, cross cultivated fields and groves until the junction with the provincial road 10, from which you can climb to Maretto through a country road. Maretto has Roman origins and is characterized by the parish church, built in the eighteenth century and dedicated to SS. Maria and Michele, and from the church of the S. Croce, built in the XVII century and already seat of the brotherhood of the "battuti". Crossing the center you reach Roatto, the final point of the stage, where you can choose variant 3A towards the Via dei Santi and Cortandone or variant 3B. Roatto has a war-free history and is characterized by its parish church of Saints Michael and Radegonda, built on the site of an older church.