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, northwestern

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. It is about east of the regional capital

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and about northwest of the provincial capital

Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...

. Its immediate neighbours are:

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, Camino,

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, Coniolo, Costanzana, Pontestura, and

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Main sights

Monuments

* Parish church of San Giovanni Battista * Church of San Pietro Martire * Church of the Santa Trinità * Church of the Consolata or Madonna del Ceppo * Chapel of San Rocco * Church of San Giovanni Battista in Due Sture * Church of San San Nicola in Pobietto * Ricreatorio parrocchiale * House of the Arches * Town Hall * Morano’s Parabolic Arch Arco parabolico morano

Archaeological site

* Final Bronze Age necropolis in Pobietto

Museums

* Museum of peasant civilization and rice cultivation in Pobietto * HIAB Heritage in a Box next to the Morano's Parabolic Arch

References

Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Alessandria-geo-stub