- Province of Alessandria
Infobox_ProvinceIT
fullname = Province of Alessandria
name = Alessandria
region =
capital =Alessandria
commune = 190
area = 3,560
population_as_of = (2005)
population = 429,080
populationdensity = 120.5
vehicle = AL
postal_code = 15010-15013, 15015-15018, 15020-15036, 15038-15046, 15048-15053, 15055-15079, 15100
telephone_prefix = 010, 019, 0131, 0141, 0142, 0143, 0144
ISTAT = 06
president =Paolo Filippi (Margherita) elected2004-06-13
The Province of Alessandria (Italian: "Provincia di Alessandria") is an Italian province, with apopulation of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region ofPiedmont . The provincial capital is the city ofAlessandria .With an area of 3,560 km² it is the third largest province of Piedmont after those of Cuneo and Turin. To the north it borders on the
Province of Vercelli and to the west on the provinces of Turin and Asti. It shares its southern border withLiguria (provinces of Savona and Genoa). Its south-west corner touches theProvince of Piacenza inEmilia Romagna , while to the east it borders on the LombardProvince of Pavia .History
The province was created by the Royal Decree n. 3702 of
23 October 1859 , theLegge Rattazzi , as a union of five of the six provinces which had formed the Division of Alessandria (the provinces ofAlessandria , Acqui,Asti , Acqui, Casale andTortona ) plus the Province of Novi which had formed part of the Division of Genoa. In 1935 the area of Asti was established as the separateProvince of Asti .Communes
There are 190 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see [http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6 this link] ). The main communes by population are the following:
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Culture
acro Monte di Crea
The Sacred Mountain of Crea (Italian: "Sacro Monte di Crea") is a
Roman Catholic Devotional Complex in the "comune " ofSerralunga di Crea (Montferrat ), nearAlessandria . It is one of the nineSacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy , included inUNESCO World Heritage list. Its construction was begun in1589 , around a former Sanctuary of St. Mary whose creation is traditionally attributedSt. Eusebius , around 350 AD.ee also
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Piemonte (wine) External links
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* [http://www.provincia.alessandria.it/ Official website]
* [http://www.sacrimonti.net/User/index.php?PAGE=Sito_it/Catalogo_eng Official web site for European Sacred Mounts]
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