Volpeglino is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Alessandria
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in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about east of
Turin
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and about east of
Alessandria
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.
Volpeglino borders the following municipalities:
Berzano di Tortona
Berzano di Tortona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about east of Alessandria, on the watershed between the Grue and Curone valleys.
Berzano di Torton ...
,
Casalnoceto
Casalnoceto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about east of Alessandria.
Casalnoceto borders the following municipalities: Castellar Guidobono, Godiasco, ...
,
Castellar Guidobono
Castellar Guidobono is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about east of Alessandria.
Castellar Guidobono borders the following municipalities: Casalnoceto, ...
,
Monleale
Monleale is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about east of Alessandria.
Monleale borders the following municipalities: Berzano di Tortona, Montegioco, Mon ...
,
Viguzzolo
Viguzzolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about east of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,964 and an area of .All demographi ...
, and
Volpedo
Volpedo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Alessandria, in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about east of Alessandria.
Volpedo borders the following municipalities: Casalnoceto, Godiasco Salice Term ...
.
History
Was an ancient
monastic cell
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owned by the
Bobbio Abbey
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, already in the list of courts of the
Bobbio
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monastery at the time of
Charlemagne
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and
Abbot Wala, with the toponyms of ''Vulpiclinum'', ''Vulpiclinus'', ''Vulpiclini'' or ''Vulpidino'' between 834 and 836, derived from the
Latin
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''vulpicula'', place of
fox
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Twelve species ...
es. The cell is included in the monastic court of
Casasco
Casasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria
Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital ...
. A fief of the Guidobono family in the 12th century, it entered the
Tortonese orbit. A free commune in 1245, it came under the
Visconti
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Italian noble families
* Visconti of Milan, ruled Milan from 1277 to 1447
** Visconti di Modrone, collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan
* Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia, ruled Gallura in Sardinia from ...
, who granted it as a fief to the Guidobono Cavalchini.
Volpeglino was aggregated with the municipality of Volpedo in 1928; it was detached from it again in 1947.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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