Crescentino – Piazza Vische e la sua torre (Theatrum Sabaudiae 1682)

Crescentino is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Vercelli A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...

in the Italian region

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, located about northeast of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

and about southwest of

Vercelli Vercelli (; pms, Vërsèj ), is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, ...

. Crescentino borders the following municipalities:

Brusasco ''For people with the surname, see Brusasco (surname).'' Brusasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ...

Fontanetto Po Fontanetto Po is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Vercelli. Fontanetto Po borders the following municipalities: Crescentino, Gabiano, ...

Lamporo Lamporo (''Lampeu'' in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 515 an ...

Livorno Ferraris Livorno Ferraris is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Vercelli. Originally known as Livorno Vercellese or Livorno Piemonte, later ...

Moncestino Moncestino (Monsëstin in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2 ...

, Saluggia,

Verolengo Verolengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Origin The origin of the name Verolengo seems to be linked to the numerous pig farms (verro, also present ...

, and

Verrua Savoia Verrua Savoia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. The 18th-century San Giovanni Battista, Verrua Savoia, San Giovanni Battista is a parish church ...

Twin towns — sister cities

Crescentino is twinned with: *

San Giorgio Albanese San Giorgio Albanese ( aae, Mbuzati) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one of the Arbëreshë Arbën/Arbër, from which derived Arbënesh/Arbëresh originally meant all Albanians, ...

, Italy *

Gmina Łososina Dolna __NOTOC__ Gmina Łososina Dolna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Łososina Dolna, which lies approximately north of Nowy Sącz and south-eas ...

, Poland

People

* Luigi Arditi (1822–1903), violinist and composer *

Bartolomeo Caravoglia Bartolommeo Caravoglia (active 1645–1682) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Crescentino, Piedmont, he is said to have been a pupil of Guercino. He painted a ''Miracle of the Eucharist'' for the '' church of the Corpus Domini'' ...

(active 1660–1673), painter of the Baroque period *

Fiorenza Cossotto Fiorenza Cossotto (born 22 April 1935) is an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano. Life and career Born on 22 April 1935, in Crescentino, Province of Vercelli, Italy, Cossotto attended the Turin Academy of Music and studied with Mercedes Llopart. She ...

(born 1935), operatic

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

Domenico Serra Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the silent era including Mario Bonnard's historical film '' The Betrothed'' (1923).Goble p.305 In the sound era, he largely pl ...

, (1899–1965), stage and film actor

References

External links

Official website
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