Odalengo Piccolo (Audalengh Cit in

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'') of the

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in the northwest

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. It is located in the

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about east of

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, about north of

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and some southwest of

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. The municipality extends over an area of in the hills to the south of the

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torrent, where areas of woodland are interspersed by vineyards. It borders on the communes of

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, Castelletto Merli,

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Odalengo Grande Odalengo Grande (Audalengh Grand 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. Odalengo Grande borders the following ...

, and

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. The two principal centres of population are Serra (dialect: ''Sèra''), the site of the town hall, and Vicinato (dialect: ''V’žinà'') with the parish church; further nuclei are Palmaro (dialect: ''Cà di Parmàn''), Dorato, and Pessine (dialect: ''Psìn-i'') which is notable for its castle. Odalengo Piccolo is known for the

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fair ''Tufo & tartufo'', which has been held during the autumn truffle season since 1994, and for the wide variety of antique native

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cultivars which are grown locally.

Toponyms

Odalengo enters the historical record in 1298–99 as ''Odalengum ultra Sturiam''. The form ''Odalengum minus'', which distinguishes ‘Little Odalengo’ from the nearby

, is recorded in 1306; ''Odalengum parvum'' is found in 1320 and ''Odalengo Prato'' in 1474. Vicinato appears as ''Viscenale'' in 1279, while Serra is apparently recorded as ''Serra'' in 1163 and Pessine as ''Pisinum'' in 1171.

References

Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Alessandria-geo-stub