Alexandria (Italy)

See also: Alexandria (homonymy)

Alexandria ( Alessandria in Italian) is a Italian city, fortified town during the Renaissance, located in the area of the Piedmont in the Plaine of the Po, which is today the capital of the province éponyme.

The city is located at the edge of the Tanaro, with approximately 75 kilometers in the south-east of Turin.

Alessandria constitutes important a rail junction.

History

Also named Alexandria of the Straw , this city was built with haste out of wood and thatch, 1168, by the Ligue lombarde to be opposed to Frederic Barberousse, and accepted the name of Alexandria in the honor of the pope Alexandre III, which reigned then. Frederic called it by derision Alexandria of the Straw , name which remained to him.

It was yielded in 1707 by Joseph Ier to the Savoy. It belonged to the French of 1796 with 1814 and was the chief town of the department of Marengo.

Personalities related to the commune

• Umberto Eco told with much humor the account of the foundation of its birthplace in one of its novels, Baudolino (2001).

Administration

Hamlets

Spinetta Marengo, Castelceriolo, Lobbi, San Giuliano Nuovo, San Giuliano Vecchio, Mandrogne, Cascinagrossa, Litta Parodi, Valle San Bartolomeo, San Michele

Communes bordering

Bosco Marengo, Castellazzo Bormida, Castelletto Monferrato, Frugarolo, Montecastello, Oviglio, Pecetto di Valenza, Pietra Marazzi, Piovera, Quargnento, Salts, San Salvatore Monferrato, Solero, Tortona, Valenza

See too

• List of the Italian cities of more than 25.000 inhabitants

Partial source

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Simple: Alessandria

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