Cappella del Barolo historical timeline

1914. The building was raised on the initiative of some peasants who worked in the countryside and vineyards around it, who used it as a place of refuge and temporary shelter in the case of storms or other weather events. At the beginning it was called the cappella di Santissima Madonna delle Grazie, but it was never consecrated as a place of worship.

1970. The structure, together with the surrounding land, was bought by the Ceretto family. The owners put it plainly: when they bought six hectares of the Brunate vineyard, they also acquired this small church — the chapel came with the field.

Disuse. It fell out of use, and knew years of abandonment.

1999. The idea was David Tremlett's: by the owner's account it was Tremlett who worked out how to give the chapel a new lease of life, and who then contacted his friend and colleague Sol LeWitt to work on it with him. It was restored by the two artists, Sol LeWitt taking charge of the remaking of the exterior and David Tremlett repainting the entire interior. After the work the building is characterised, both inside and outside, by a colouristic style marked by various chromatic plays, distinguished by a many-coloured weave of curved and geometric lines.

2014. On 22 June the Langhe were inscribed by UNESCO within the Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, the Langa of Barolo being one of the three inscribed components. The chapel stands inside that landscape.

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