Villanova Monferrato 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
it, Piemontese
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, located about east of
Turin
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and about northwest of
Alessandria and about south 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, ...
. Located in the plain to the left of the
Po, it the most northerly ''comune'' in the province, and borders on the ''comuni'' of
Caresana,
Motta de' Conti,
Rive, and
Stroppiana in the
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, ...
, as well as those of
Balzola
Balzola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Alessandria.
References
Balzola,
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and
Casale Monferrato in the Province of Alessandria.
Notable buildings include the 19th-century parish church of Sant'Emiliano, the oratory of the confraternity of San Michele, and the town hall which contains a painting by
Pier Francesco Guala depicting the Virgin and Child and the saints Emilian and
Bernardino of Siena
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.
See also
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Montferrat
Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Province of Alessandria, ...
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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