Vezza d'Alba is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' in the

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

region of Italy. It is in the

province of Cuneo The province of Cuneo (; ) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west, it borders the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes), to the north the ...

, and is 65km north east of the town of

Cuneo Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...

. Vezza was first recorded in the 10th century, as a territory of the Diocese of

Asti Asti ( , ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro, Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and ...

and later passed to the

Roero Roero (; ) is a geographical area in the north-east corner of the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, north-west Italy. This hilly region is known for its wines and for its fruit production: particularly the peaches of Canale (CN), Canale and the local ...

family who built the castle at

Guarene Guarene is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the area of Roero about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful vil ...

Twin towns — sister cities

Vezza d'Alba is twinned with: *

Jonquières-Saint-Vincent Jonquières-Saint-Vincent (; ) is a French commune located in the Gard department in Occitanie. Population In 2020, Jonquières-Saint-Vincent had a population of 3,811 inhabitants. Twin towns — sister cities Jonquières-Saint-Vincent i ...

, France

References

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