Comune di Diano d’Alba
History of Diano
The name of the town – Diano – makes think of the Goddess of the hunt of the ancient Romans and Ligurians, valiant hunters and primitive peoples of these lands, before the apostolic preaching of S. Paul, S. Barnaba, S. Restituto, S. Frontiniano and S. Cassiano, who propagated Christianity here.
The Romans did not have great temples and worshipped their Gods in open country, especially in sacred woods, where silence and mystery were greatest.
‘ It is historical that, just around Alba extended the divine woods; that of Diana, on the hill where now stands the town of Diano.
The opinion that Diana had a special cult here, is proved by the fact that at the entrance of the village on the left of the provincial Alba-Diano and about fifty meters from the gallery, there exists in the rock side, an edicola or temple, with the dedication to Diana: “For ever, ever, ever, ever, ever.” By act of 5 May 1392 the antipope Clement VII of Savoy, donated Diano to Amedeo VI of Savoy. Most probably in these years the Castle of Diano, one of the strongest of the Albese, which suffered serious damage in 1412 due to the cruel factions of those times.
Diano today
Today, the village of Diano d’Alba has 3600 inhabitants and covers an area of 17.70 square kilometres and is divided into three areas:
Diano Capoluogo, where the Town Hall is located at 500 meters s.l.m. which has about 1000 inhabitants; stunning panoramic view of exclusive scenery at 360° the gaze spreads from the Alpine arc of Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Lombardy and closer to us to the east, the hills of Moscato and Barbaresco, while to the west the view turns to the hills of the barolo and all the valley of Tanaro
Valley Talloria, which has about 800 inhabitants; agricultural center of great importance for the economy of Diano.
There are located the largest wineries in the country, including the company “Giordano Vini” one of the largest wineries in Italy. On the borders with the territory of Grinzane Cavour and Alba, “Mondo Rubber” is the world leader in the production of rubber pavements for civil use. Industrial sports, naval.
Ricca village with more than 1200 inhabitants; large residential center close to the city of Alba.
Important commercial and craft center located on one of the most used roads between Alba and the Langhe.
