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Province of Alessandria

Province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The province of Alessandria (Italian: provincia di Alessandria; Piedmontese: provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: provinsa ëd Lissändria) is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria.

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Location of the province of Alessandria within the Piedmont region
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Map of the province
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The territorial boundaries of the municipalities of the province of Alessandria

With an area of 3,558.83 square kilometres (1,374.07 sq mi) it is the third largest province of Piedmont after the province of Cuneo and the Metropolitan City of Turin. To the north it borders on the province of Vercelli and to the west on the Metropolitan City of Turin and the province of Asti. It shares its southern border with Liguria (province of Savona and the Metropolitan City of Genoa). Its south-east corner touches the Province of Piacenza in Emilia Romagna, while to the east it borders on the Lombard province of Pavia.

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History

The province was created by the Royal Decree n. 3702 of 23 October 1859, the Legge Rattazzi [it], as a union of five of the six provinces which had formed the Division of Alessandria (the provinces of Alessandria, Acqui, Asti, Casale and Tortona) plus the province of Novi which had formed part of the Division of Genoa. In 1935 the area of Asti was established as the separate Province of Asti.

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Main sights

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Sacro Monte di Crea, Paradise Chapel.

The Sacred Mountain of Crea (Italian: Sacro Monte di Crea) is a Roman Catholic Devotional Complex in the comune of Serralunga di Crea (Montferrat), near Alessandria. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in UNESCO World Heritage list. Its construction began in 1589, around a former Sanctuary of St. Mary whose creation is traditionally attributed to Saint Eusebius of Vercelli around 350 AD.

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Municipalities

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Alessandria
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Casale Monferrato
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Novi Ligure
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Tortona
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Acqui Terme
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Valenza
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Ovada
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Arquata Scrivia
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Serravalle Scrivia
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Castelnuovo Scrivia

There are 190 municipalities (Italian: comuni, sg.: comune) in the province[2] the largest by population[3] are:

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The full list is:

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Transport

Motorways

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The Autostrada A26 near Alessandria, heading south towards the Apennines.

The province is crossed by the following motorways (in Italian, autostrade):

Railway lines

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