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Via Roma, 1, 10050 San Didero
Small municipality in the lower Susa valley, it was an ancient feudal possession of the viscounts of Baratonia and later of families of the Savoy court such as the Roero, the Allemandi, and the Bertrandi. The historic center is clustered around the crenellated walls of the fortified house. The solid quadrangular tower in exposed masonry could be the keep of a fortified complex now no longer discernible. Overlooking the large inner courtyard are the porticoed balconies of the fortified house, now restored and used for light hospitality.
The town also develops on the mountain side with hamlets immersed in chestnut and downy oak forests, while the slopes towards the town are cultivated with vines and fields with an extensive area of new residences.
Overlooking the village of San Didero from above is the parish church dedicated to San Desiderio (12th century), transformed and reshaped in the following centuries. It reveals its Romanesque origin with the bell tower and the external lateral walls. An external lunette presents a fragmentary fresco decoration connected to the discovery, following restorations, of a significant decorative apparatus also inside.
