Fabbrica Curone

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Fabbrica_Curone-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Fabbrica Curone
name = Fabbrica Curone
region = Piedmont
province = Alessandria (AL)
elevation_m = 440
area_total_km2 = 53.7
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 808
population_density_km2 = 15
timezone = CET, UTC+1
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frazioni = Caldirola, Forotondo, Selvapiana, Garadassi, Montecapraro, Salogni, Bruggi, Lunassi, Pareto, Morigliassi
telephone = 0131
postalcode = 15050
gentilic = Fabbricacuronesi
saint = Santa Maria Assunta
day =
mayor =
website = [http://fabbricacurone.it fabbricacurone.it]
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Fabbrica Curone (Piedmontese: "Frògna") is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the upper valley of the Curone stream, about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Alessandria.

Fabbrica Curone borders the following municipalities: Albera Ligure, Cabella Ligure, Gremiasco, Montacuto, Santa Margherita di Staffora, Varzi, and Zerba.

History

A possession of the Abbey of San Colombano of Bobbio, it received a castle and was under the bishops of Tortona after 1157. Later it was an imperial fief under the Malaspina, who held it until 1797.

Main sights

*"Pieve" of Santa Maria Assunta, a Romanesque edifice with a stone portal surmounted by a Romanesque lunette.
*Museum of the Peasant Civilization, in the "frazione" of Lunassi.

The other "frazione" of Caldirola (1,110 m) is a ski resort.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://fabbricacurone.it Official website]