Baldissero d'Alba
Encyclopedia
Baldissero d'Alba is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 35 km southeast of Turin
and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of 15.0 km².
Baldissero d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Ceresole Alba
, Corneliano d'Alba
, Montaldo Roero
, Sommariva del Bosco
, and Sommariva Perno
.
www.baldisserodalba.org
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
Province of Cuneo
ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....
in the Italian
Italy
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region Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
, located about 35 km southeast of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of 15.0 km².
Baldissero d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Ceresole Alba
Ceresole Alba
Ceresole Alba is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Corneliano d'Alba
Corneliano d'Alba
Corneliano d'Alba is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Montaldo Roero
Montaldo Roero
Montaldo Roero is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Sommariva del Bosco
Sommariva del Bosco
Sommariva del Bosco is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km south of Turin and about 45 km northeast of Cuneo...
, and Sommariva Perno
Sommariva Perno
Sommariva Perno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located in Roero about 40 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo...
.
Main sights
- The Colonna Castlem including a frescoed GothicGothic artGothic art was a Medieval art movement that developed in France out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe, but took over art more completely north of the Alps, never quite effacing more classical...
chapel - Parish Church of St. Catherine
- Church of Sant'Antonino (13th century)
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