Portacomaro ( pms, Portacomé) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions (''Regions of Italy, regioni'') and provinces (''Provinces ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Asti The Province of Asti ( it, Provincia di Asti, Piedmontese: ''Provincia d’Ast'') is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the sout ...

in the Italian region

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, located about southeast of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...

and about northeast of

Asti Asti ( , , ; pms, Ast ) is a '' comune'' of 74,348 inhabitants (1-1-2021) located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed ...

. Portacomaro borders the following municipalities:

, Calliano, Castagnole Monferrato, and Scurzolengo.

Main sights

Well-preserved apsidal frescos can be found in the romanesque church of St. Peter (first recorded in 1130 AD).Architectural cut-away sketch of Chiesa di San Pietro
online feature at ''Valle versa de Astigianta'' website Formerly occupied by a monastic community, the chancel sides are decorated with figures of St. Bernard and St. Sebastian. The central section of tripartite rear wall of the sanctuary (probably the oldest) features a deisis (Crucifixion with Virgin and the beloved disciple, St. John), figures of St. Andrew are to the right, St. Agatha (kneeling) and St Peter to the left.

People

* Valerio Arri, Olympic marathoner *Mario José Bergoglio, father of

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References

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