The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian

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, with a

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of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of

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. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria. With an area of it is the third largest province of Piedmont after the

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and the Metropolitan City of Turin. To the north it borders on the

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and to the west on the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Asti. It shares its southern border with

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( province of Savona and the

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). Its south-east corner touches the

Province of Piacenza The province of Piacenza ( it, provincia di Piacenza) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Piacenza. As of 2016, it has a total population of 286,572 inhabitants over an area of , giving it a popu ...

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, while to the east it borders on the Lombard

Province of Pavia The province of Pavia ( it, Provincia di Pavia) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy; its capital is Pavia. , the province has a population of 548,722 inhabitants and an area of ; the town of Pavia has a population of 72,205. ...

History

The province was created by the Royal Decree n. 3702 of 23 October 1859, the

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, as a union of five of the six provinces which had formed the Division of Alessandria (the provinces of Alessandria,

Acqui Acqui Terme (; pms, Àich ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'A ...

, Asti, Casale and Tortona) plus the Province of Novi which had formed part of the Division of Genoa. In 1935 the area of Asti was established as the separate Province of Asti.

Municipalities

There are 190 municipalities (''

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'', singular: ''

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'') in the province the largest by population are:

Main sights

The Sacred Mountain of Crea (Italian: ''Sacro Monte di Crea'') is a

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Devotional Complex in the ''

'' of

Serralunga di Crea Serralunga di Crea (Piedmontese: ''Seralonga 'd Crea'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Alessandria. It is most famous for the Sa ...

(

Montferrat Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Province of Alessandria, ...

), near Alessandria. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in

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list. Its construction began in 1589, around a former Sanctuary of St. Mary whose creation is traditionally attributed to Saint Eusebius of Vercelli around 350 AD.

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial web site for European Sacred Mounts

MonferratoArte
A historical and bibliographical directory of artists active in the extra-urban Churches of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato.
Laws and Statutes of the Carpeneto commune, 15th century, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
{{Authority control Alessandria

History

Municipalities

Main sights

See also

References

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