Piazza Borgo di Sotto.
One of the hamlets outside the castle, documented since the seventeenth century: twelve houses starting from Via della Noce. Today it is home to the old tower clock.
The State Archive documents the existence of the hamlets outside the castle of Riparbella, such as the Borgo di Sotto, as far back as the seventeenth century: the place name is still in use.
Twelve houses towards the church wall
The document describes the old hamlet as having twelve houses , which ran from Via della Noce towards the wall that enclosed the old church of San Michele, today’s San Giovanni: a situation not unlike today’s.
The houses described in the manuscript went no higher than the first floor, with a wooden or masonry staircase leading up to the living quarters; the ground floor was usually used to house animals or as a workshop.
The clock and the mural
Today the square is home to Riparbella’s old eighteenth-century tower clock and Zed1’s mural L’amore nella pentola , which tells of the night of San Giovanni and the tradition of molten lead.
Old town, below the parish church.
Always accessible.
L’amore nella pentola by Zed1 (Marco Burresi), 2024.
Texts by the Riparbella tourist office and the portal visitriparbella.com. Page updated July 2026.
