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Balzola

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Chiesa di San Michele

The design of the facade and the layout of the construction, that date to the late 17th century, show a demanding decorative enthusiasm. The church has a Greek cross plan and altar placed in an almost central position. Ar...

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Casale Monferrato

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Chiesa di San Michele

The Church of San Michele (or dei Nobili) features a tall octagonal cupola frescoed by the painter Cassano with stories of the Archangels Michele, Raffaele and Gabriele. The interior contains important canvases by Gugliel...

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Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato

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Chiesa di San Nazario

The first document on the church, built in the 12th century close to the castrum of Lu Monferrato, dates back to 1298. In the late 17th century mastro Mariano built the current facade of the building and, in 1724, Pelagat...

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Casale Monferrato

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Chiesa di San Paolo

The Church of San Paolo, opposite the Town Hall, was built in the mid 1500s for the Barnabite Fathers by the architect Lorenzo Binago. It is home to magnificent paintings by Guglielmo Caccia aka il Moncalvo such as "La c...

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Bosco Marengo

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Chiesa di San Pietro e Pantaleone

The Church of Santi Pietro e Pantaleone was built in the 13th century. The building has undergone multiple restoration and modification work over the centuries involving most of the structures. The square-based Romanesqu...

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Alessandria

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Chiesa di San Rocco

The Church of San Rocco is located in the homonymous square of Alessandria. It was built in the 12th century by the Order of the Humiliated and once dedicated to San Giovanni del Cappuccio. Following the suppression o...

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Felizzano

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Chiesa di San Rocco

The country church dedicated to San Rocco dates to the 16th century when it was built over an existing building similar to the current one. Originally it was part of a leper hospital intentionally placed outside the town...

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Treville

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Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio

The Church of S. Ambrogio that overlooks the entire valley, was terminated in 1781 to the project of a student of Magnocavalli, but presents all the typical features of the ecclesial baroque architecture of Monferrato. Th...

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Camagna Monferrato

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Chiesa di Sant'Eusebio

The Church we see today, built in 1885, was designed by Crescentino Caselli, Professor of the Royal Accademia Albertina of Turin, student and assistant of the famous Antonelli, designer of the Mole Antonelliana. It is th...

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Casale Monferrato

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Chiesa di Sant'Ilario

The current church is fruit of the restoration carried out during the mid-19th century by Arborio Mella. Inside, the three naves are divided by round arches and above the high altar is a luminous dome. All with lines that...

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Casale Monferrato

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Chiesa di Santa Caterina

The Church of the Dominican Nuns was consecrated in 1726. The facade, with a slight curvilinear shape formed by pilasters and columns placed forward in proximity of the portal, is articulated in planes by projecting corni...

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Tortona

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Chiesa di Santa Giustina e Sant'Agnese

It became a parish church in 1595 under the patronage of Giustina Garofoli and consecrated by the Bishop Maffeo Gambara in the same year. Restored in 1726 by the Baron Boniforte Guidobono-Cavalchini-Garofoli, it was widen...

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