Fabbrica Curone (
Piedmontese
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: ''Frògna'') 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 Alessandria
The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part o ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
Piedmont
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, located in the upper valley of the
Curone
The Curone (in Piedmontese and in Lombard ''Cròu'') is a torrent which flows for some 50 km) through the Italian regions Lombardy and Piedmont. It is a right tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a lar ...
stream, about southeast of
Turin
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and about southeast of
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin.
Alessandria ...
.
Fabbrica Curone borders the following municipalities:
Albera Ligure
Albera Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Albera Ligure borders the following municipalities: Cabella Ligure, ...
,
Cabella Ligure
Cabella Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Cabella Ligure borders the following municipalities: Albera Ligu ...
,
Gremiasco
Gremiasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria.
Gremiasco borders the following municipalities: Bagnaria, Brignano-Fr ...
,
Montacuto,
Santa Margherita di Staffora
Santa Margherita di Staffora is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 km south of Milan and about 50 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 589 and ...
,
Varzi
Varzi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km south of Milan and about 40 km south of Pavia.
Varzi borders the following municipalities: Bagnaria, Fabbrica Curone, G ...
, and
Zerba
Zerba ( Piacentino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Piacenza. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 123 and an area o ...
.
History
A possession of the
Abbey of San Colombano of
Bobbio
Bobbio ( Bobbiese: ; lij, Bêubbi; la, Bobium) 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 dioc ...
, it received a castle and was under the bishops of
Tortona
Tortona (; pms, Torton-a , ; lat, Dhertona) 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
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A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc take ...
.
*Museum of the Peasant Civilization, in the ''frazione'' of Lunassi.
The other ''frazione'' of Caldirola, elevation is a ski resort.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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