Montaldo Bormida is a ''
comune
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'' (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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region
Piedmont
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, located about southeast of
Turin
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and about south 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.
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As part of the
Marquisate of Montferrat
The March (also ''margraviate'' or ''marquisate'') of Montferrat was a frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages and a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The margraviate was raised to become the Duchy of Montferrat in 1574.
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, Montaldo Bormida had a succession of feudal lords: the Della Valle family of Trisobbio, the Ferraris of Orsara, the Centurione, Spinola and Pallavicino families.
[Carlo Prosperi, "I della Valle di Trisobbio: breve storia di una casa e di una casata altomonferrina" in ''Urbs silva et flumen'', Accademia Urbense di Ovada pp. 26-42, 1(2006).]
Montaldo Bormida borders the following municipalities:
Carpeneto
Carpeneto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, I ...
,
Orsara Bormida
Orsara Bormida is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria, on the right bank of river Bormida.
Orsara Bormida borders the followi ...
,
Rivalta Bormida
Rivalta Bormida is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria.
Rivalta Bormida borders the following municipalities: Cassine, Castel ...
,
Sezzadio
Sezzadio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria.
Sezzadio borders the following municipalities: Carpeneto, Cassine, Castelnuo ...
, and
Trisobbio
Trisobbio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria.
Trisobbio borders the following municipalities: Carpeneto, Cremolino, Mont ...
.
The first
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Italy was built in Montaldo Bormida in 1925.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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