Aside from local craftmanship, the economy is mostly based on agriculture: most of the area is occupied by vines, used for the production of the Dolcetto di Dogliani wine. There are also several woods of common hazels.
Dogliani is also known for its Presepio ViventeArchived 2019-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. A tradition started in 1975 that occurs yearly on the night of December 23 and 24 where the town's citizens enact the nativity scene.
History
The town was a settlement of the Ligures, a pre-Roman population. The Roman conquered its area around 200-100 B.C, although Dogliani is mentioned for the first time in the Middle Ages, as the place of a castle and a borough surrounded by walls along the Rea torrent.
Parish church of Santi Quirico and Paolo (1869), designed by G.B. Schellino
Town Hall, built from 1460 but largely revised by Schellino in the 19th century. It has kept a nave and a portico from the Renaissance church of the Carmine
Church of the Confraternita dei Battuti (18th century)
Civic Hospital, another creation of Schellino
Church of St. Lawrence, originally (12th century) having a nave and two aisles. Later Schellino modified it in neo-Gothic style.
Church of Immacolata Concezione, another creation of Schellino
House-tower Perno di Caldera, of medieval origins
Neo-Gothic entrance to the cemetery, also designed by Schellino (1855 - 1867)
