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XIIth EDITION

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Photo contest "Candelo in Fiore"
A photo contest in Candelo to award the best pictures about the theme of "Candelo in Fiore".

The Ricetto of Candelo

The Ricetto of Candelo is a late medieval fortified structure built by the local community between XIII and XIX century. It is not a castle of a noble man, but a village highly wanted and built by local population to store and defend goods of the whole community, wine and corn. It has been well preserved until nowadays with its own original features really thanks to its function of wine cellar for the community: the village was never permanently inhabited, therefore it never changed due to living necessities.

The majority of the 200 or so living cells inside the ancient walls of Ricetto are private and some of them house atelier of artists, shops, restaurants, exhibitions, shop windows of local tastes and flavours. Cell property of the City of Candelo are instead part of Sistema Museale Integrato (Integrated Museum System) that offers allover the year culture events, exhibitions, music events and traditions; one of these cells houses the point of sales of Enoteca Regionale della Serra (Regional Wine shop of Serra), based in the Castle of Roppolo.

Among the great cultural and tourist heritages of Biellese, the Ricetto is a european uniqueness, certified as one of the 100 nicest villages of Italy and appointed as Orange Flag by Touring Club Italiano and was included in the integrated circuits of Gemme del Piemonte (Gems of Piedmont) and Borghi Sostenibili del Piemonte (Sustainable Villages of Piedmont).