Casalvolone is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Novara
Novara (It. ''Provincia di Novara'') is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.
In 1992, the new Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola was created through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previou ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about northeast of
Turin
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and about southwest of
Novara
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.
Casalvolone borders the following municipalities:
Borgo Vercelli
Borgo Vercelli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Vercelli.
Borgo Vercelli borders the following municipalities: Casalino, Casalvolo ...
,
Casalbeltrame,
Casalino
Casalino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,469 and an area of .All demograph ...
,
San Nazzaro Sesia
San Nazzaro Sesia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Novara.
San Nazzaro Sesia borders the following municipalities: Albano Vercellese, Bi ...
, and
Villata.
History
The name come from ''Casale Vallonis'' in
Latin
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.
The history of Casalvolone during the
Middle Ages
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is closely linked with its abbey, which is mentioned for the first time in 975, when it was led by the
Benedictines
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Cistercians
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, coming from the
abbey of Morimondo
Morimondo Abbey ( it, Abbazia di Morimondo) is a former Cistercian monastery located at Morimondo, a few kilometers south of Abbiategrasso in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The surviving structure is Romanesque architectu ...
, replaced the Benedictines in 1169.
A 1225 document traces the abbey back to the work of the three Ardizzone brothers, Enrico and Tommaso di Casalvolone.
It is unknown precisely when the abbey was abandoned; certainly the transformation into abbey in the 15th century led to a decline, because in 1497 it is not mentioned among the abbeys of the Italian Cistercian Congregation of San Bernardo.
Its assets were confiscated in the
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
ic period and in 1819 the monastic complex became private property. The abbey church was reduced to a small oratory and demolished in the early 20th century. Of the monastic complex remains the church of San Pietro al Cimitero, which served as a parish for the people.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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