The name of Vezzolano has uncertain origins that date back to Vezeliacum, a latin name. The famous Abbey of Vezelay in Burgundy,where from Bernard di Chiaravalle predicated the second crusade and where the Templars gathered after having received from Bernard himself and the bishop of Auxerre the Temple Order, seems to have the same origins.The Order was given to them during the Trojan Council in accordance with the Cistercens Congregation,which was born at the same time and next to the same place The name probably has a celtic origin due to the prefix 'veza" that indicates the time going by, whereas the second syllable "lay" is connected to the celtic word "lech" that is "megalite" big stone". Therefore we can translate it into "Stone of the ancient times "or "Big stone of the time that goes by ".

Other similarities may be found. Like Vezzolano, the Burgund Abbey was built on a previous roman settlement, in a place dedicated to the cult of Nature ,Sky, and Forest even before the arrival of the celts. The tradition matches the existence of Vezzolano to the vision of three ghosts by the emperor Charlemagne on a hunting party, about a solitary valley where only a hermit monk from the very old Celtic and Irish Monasticism, brought in Italy by S. Colomban, lived.The monk lived amidst the ruins of an antique roman house which traces can still be seen. Vezeley too has monastic origins prior to Bernardo and the Cistercens order.

Both can boast the burgund romanesque style, so dear to Violet Le Duc. The symbolism in these two monuments recalls Jesus' royal lineage: the famous tympan on the doorfront of Vezelay, with Jesus Christ as a triumphant king, and the Narhex in Vezzolano, displaying Jesus' royal lineage starting from David and Salomon and continuing with the prophets, send back to the search of the mythical Graal or Saing Real ( Royal Blood ) by the Temple Knights. There are over three thousand years of fascination and mystery ,and perhaps even more about human history, in the goblet where Joseph d'Arimatea, collected the blood that symbolized the passion. Three thousand years during which reigns , churches and loggia representing dogma and intolerance have clashed with liberty, brotherhood, and love ,that we all seek today. Vezelay, where Mary Magdala's grave lies, was the gathering point of pilgrims coming from North-Europe and either on their way to Santiago di Compostela via the stars ,or going to Rome following the jubilee way , the via Francigena.

Vezzolano is at a cross- way situated between the pilgrims' way , along the French axis running across the Moncenisio, the small and big S. Bernardo, Aosta, Ivrea, Chivasso, Asti, and Alessandria towards Rome ,and the other way on the eastside, crossing the Padana plain along the nearby boundary Po valley, going toward the far west to Santiago on the Atlantic front and toward east to Jerusalem. It is indeed strange how Vezzolano and its territory, appear to be at the crossroads between the Francigena Via , the Jerusalem Via and the Via to Santiago Campo Delle Stelle

So ,it is no coincidence that within the range of a few square kilometers be concentrated over fifty romanesque abbeys, churches and Chapels in the most amazing historical record in Europe. In addition, traces of templar settlements guarding and protecting the pilgrims'routes are represented in the grandiose and nearby Magioni Templars of Isana on the via Liburna 8, at Ferrari's Livorno, beyond the Po river, Moncalieri and Chieri.

There are many medieval castles ( Passerano Marmorito, Cortanze, Piea, Gabbiano, Camino, Settime ) while many others date back to the Monferrato Marquisate first property of the Aleramo family and then of the Paleologi, who established , during the crusades, a tight relationship with Constatinople, the East Empire , and its traditions. The Monferrato was then the property of Gonzaga di Mantova whose domination along the river Po reached all the way to us expanding to the right side of the Savoia dukedom to Piedmont , and to the Sardegna kingdom until the Unity of Italy in 1861, making Turin the capital.