San Salvatore Monferrato
Encyclopedia
San Salvatore Monferrato is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Alessandria
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 70 km east of Turin
and about 10 km northwest of Alessandria
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,629 and an area of 31.6 km².
. It still bears the scars of cannonballs fired at it during the nineteenth-century Italian wars of independence.
Also of interest are the 16th century churches of San Martino e San Siro.
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
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 70 km east 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 10 km northwest 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...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,629 and an area of 31.6 km².
Main sights
The tower of the Paleologi was erected for Theodore II, Marquess of MontferratTheodore II, Marquess of Montferrat
-Life:He was the thirdborn son of John II of Montferrat and Isabel of Majorca. Theodore was named governor of the margraviate after the death of his brother John III. After the death of John II, Montferrat had been plunged into a crisis brought on by the quick succession of two young rulers,...
. It still bears the scars of cannonballs fired at it during the nineteenth-century Italian wars of independence.
Also of interest are the 16th century churches of San Martino e San Siro.
Notable people
- Iginio Ugo TarchettiIginio Ugo TarchettiUgo Iginio Tarchetti was an Italian author, poet, and journalist.Born in San Salvatore Monferrato, his military career was cut short by ill health, and in 1865 he settled in Milan. Here he entered literary study, becoming part of the Scapigliatura, a literary movement animated by a spirit of...
(1839–1869), a novelist, also poet and journalist, and part of the MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
ese ScapigliaturaScapigliaturaScapigliatura is the name of the artistic movement which developed in Italy after the period known as Risorgimento,...
.