Fabbrica Curone is a comune

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 Alessandria

Province of Alessandria

The Province of Alessandria is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria....

 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 in the upper valley of the Curone

Curone

The Curone is a torrent which flows for some 50 km) through the Italian regions Lombardy and Piedmont. It is a right tributary of the river Po....

 stream, about 120 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 45 km southeast of Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

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Fabbrica Curone borders the following municipalities: Albera Ligure

Albera Ligure

Albera Ligure is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Cabella Ligure

Cabella Ligure

Cabella Ligure is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Gremiasco

Gremiasco

Gremiasco is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Montacuto

Montacuto

Montacuto is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Santa Margherita di Staffora

Santa Margherita di Staffora

Santa Margherita di Staffora is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km south of Milan and about 50 km south of Pavia...

, Varzi

Varzi

Varzi is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 40 km south of Pavia...

, and Zerba

Zerba

Zerba is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 170 km west of Bologna and about 50 km southwest of Piacenza...

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History

A possession of the Abbey of San Colombano of Bobbio

Bobbio

Bobbio is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a diocese of the same name...

, it received a castle and was under the bishops of Tortona

Tortona

Tortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines.-History:...

 after 1157. Later it was an imperial fief under the Malaspina, who held it until 1797.

Main sights

• Pieve of Santa Maria Assunta, a Romanesque edifice with a stone portal surmounted by a Romanesque lunette
  Lunette
  In architecture, a lunette is a half-moon shaped space, either filled with recessed masonry or void. A lunette is formed when a horizontal cornice transects a round-headed arch at the level of the imposts, where the arch springs. If a door is set within a round-headed arch, the space within the...
  
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• Museum of the Peasant Civilization, in the frazione of Lunassi.

The other frazione of Caldirola (1,110 m) is a ski resort.

External links

• Official website