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Casale Monferrato

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Chiesa di San Domenico

The building of the church and convent of San Domenico started in 1472 at the behest of the Marquis Guglielmo VIII Paleologo and lasted for more than 30 years. Consecrated in 1513 the church was enlarged and partly altere...

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Frugarolo

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Chiesa di San Felice

The parish church of San Felice, of Romanesque structure with Gothic influences, with a staircase of a later period, has been recently rebuilt following the collapse of the bell tower and part of the church in 1980. (Tex...

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Cassine

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Chiesa di San Francesco

The Church of San Francesco, in Lombard-Gothic style, dates back to the 13th century. It presents a gabled façade featuring strong buttresses and crowned with small arches; to a first bell tower dating from the same perio...

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Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato

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Chiesa di San Giacomo

Towards the mid-16th century, in the wake of the Wars of Italy, the 13th century building was totally destroyed before it was re-built some time later in its current architectural forms. The church experienced its greates...

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Alessandria

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Chiesa di San Giacomo della Vittoria

The construction of the church recalls a glorious feat of arms, the victory brought to the gates of Alessandria on 25 July 1391, St. James day. The people of Alessandria and the Visconti troops, ordered by the commander o...

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Gavi

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Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore

The Church of S. Giacomo, built around 1165, is one of the greatest examples of Romanesque architecture in the Alessandria area, despite the Baroque additions of the 17th and 18th century. The sloping stone facade is...

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Alessandria

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Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista

Following demolition of numerous homes in the town by order of Napoleon, the population of the Cristo neighborhood increased. Mons. D'Angennes, bishop of Alessandria, established the new parish of San Giovanni Evangelista...

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Alessandria

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Chiesa di San Giovannino

The Church of San Giovannino, connected to the confraternity of SS. Crocifisso, was in the neighbourhood of Gamondio, close to the gateway “to Genova” and built in 1484. The church was seriously damaged in a fire in 1...

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Camino

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Chiesa di San Gottardo

It is located just outside the walls of the Castle of Camino in a position from which you can enjoy a magnificent panorama. There is no certain information on the origins of the church, but it was probably built betwe...

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Alessandria

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Chiesa di San Lorenzo

A church named after Saints Lorenzo and Clemente already existed in Alessandria at an age close to the founding of the city. In 1347-1350, the urban church of San Lorenzo was merged with that of Santa Maria della Cort...

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Murisengo

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Chiesa di San Luigi Gonzaga

The church, designed by Bernardo Vittone, was built in the 18th century and terminated in 1760. It has a particular pagoda shape with three overlapping orders and represents one of the most elegant baroque monuments of l...

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Castellazzo Bormida

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Chiesa di San Martino

Probabilmente la più antica chiesa di Castellazzo Bormida, fondata certamente prima del Mille. I primi dati certi sulla chiesa sono del 1106, in un istrumento stipulato "in locum gamundii, in platea s.martini"; a quell'ep...

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