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Casale Monferrato

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Cattedrale di Sant'Evasio

Built between the 11th and 12th century, the Cathedral of Sant’Evasio was consecrated in 1107. The gabled façade is almost entirely the result of the radical reconstruction work carried out between 1859 and 1861 by the ar...

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Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Lorenzo

Tortona

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Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Lorenzo

Building work on the cathedral of Tortona started in 1574 and ended around the end of that century; the façade was finished at the end of the 1800s according to a design by Nicolò Bruno. Inside, the church has a Latin cro...

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Vignale Monferrato

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Chiesa Beata Vergine Addolorata

The church was built by the Serviti friars and is a national monument. The powerful 15th century facade in Gothic-Lombard style dates to 1400. It is in terracotta bricks, marked by four buttresses with pinnacle. A large...

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Alessandria

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Chiesa dei Santi Alessandro e Carlo

The Church of Sant' Alessandro is one of the best examples of Baroque in Alessandria. The first stone is laid on 9 September 1742, and the church is consecrated on 7 May 1758. Initially it was dedicated to Saints Alessand...

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Castellazzo Bormida

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Chiesa dei Santi Carlo e Anna

Costruita per volontà testamentale di Maddalena Trotti, la prima pietra della chiesa parrocchiale di San Carlo è posata nel 1631. Le vicende edilizie della chiesa, dedicata ufficialmente ai SS.Carlo ed Anna, si risolvono...

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Pecetto di Valenza

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Chiesa dei Santi Maria e Remigio

The parish church of Pecetto of Valenza, dedicated to Saints Maria and Remigio, dates back to the first half of the 18th century. The parish church of Pecetto of Valenza, dedicated to Saints Maria and Remigio, dates back...

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Felizzano

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Chiesa dei Santi Michele e Pietro

The Church of Santi Michele and Pietro dates to the 13th century and is characterized by a facade of Neoclassical style and sturdy and square bell tower, while the interior, with a single Latin-cross nave with side chapel...

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Castelnuovo Scrivia

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Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo

The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul dates from the 12th century, was rebuilt between the 16th and the 17th century, and has undergone numerous restoration and revamping works, some of great importance. Originally,...

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Pecetto di Valenza

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Chiesa del Santissimo Rosario

The construction of the Church del Rosario began at the end of 1632, on the legacy of nobleman Giulio Cesare Salomoni in favor of the Dominican Province of San Pietro Martire. The Dominican community of Pecetto was defini...

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Valenza

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Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

The Church of SS. Annunziata is popularly known as S. Rocco, because it was where the confraternity was erected under the protection of the saint. Construction work began on the church in 1699 on the initiative of the sis...

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Castellazzo Bormida

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Chiesa della Santissima Pietà

According to a 19th century transcription of a late 15th century chronicle, a first confraternity of the Pietà would have existed until 1298, and then resumed its activity in 1496. The oratory suffered the damages of the...

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Pecetto di Valenza

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Chiesa della Santissima Trinità

The church was built in 1765 on preceding foundations which probably date to the late Gothic period. The building still features a mixtilinear plan with rectangular nave lit by five windows, presbytery and semicircular ap...

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