Ensiklopedia Dunia

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Visone - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 44°40′N 8°30′E / 44.667°N 8.500°E

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Visone
Comune
Comune di Visone
The entry of the Rock of Visone seen from the eastern bations (15th cent.)
Location of Visone
Visone Location of Visone in Italy Show map of Italy Visone Visone (Piedmont) Show map of Piedmont
Coordinates: 44°40′N 8°30′E / 44.667°N 8.500°E / 44.667; 8.500
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Alessandria (AL)
Government
• Mayor	Manuela Delorenzi (lista civica "Nuova Visone")
Area ^[1]
• Total	12.6 km² (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Population (December 31, 2010)^[2]
• Total	1,285
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Demonym	Visonesi (visuneis)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	15010
Dialing code	0144
ISTAT code	006187
Patron saint	SS. Peter and Paul
Saint day	june, 29
Website	www.comune.visone.al.it

Visone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Turin and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Alessandria. Its name becomes from the homonymous Visone creek, that flows into its territory and enters Bormida river not far from the village.

Visone borders the following municipalities: Acqui Terme, Grognardo, Morbello, Morsasco, Prasco, and Strevi.

History

The first mention of the village of Visone dates back to May 4, 991, when Anselmo, son of Aleramo marquis of Montferrat, and his wife Gisla sign the foundation charter of St. Quentin abbey in Spigno Monferrato. In this period a large number of people of Longobard origin moved to the village. But, some more ancient documents, about fifty years before mention a church placed at the confluence of the Caramagna creek with the Bormida river, into the actual municipal territory of Visone.^[3]

In the beginning of the 13th cent., a lot of possessions in this country are recognized to Manfredo Boccaccio by the bishop of Acqui. His family will hold those inheritances for almost one century and a half, often in conflict with the bishop's Table on the grounds of the borders.

On October 1450, the Acqui's Cathedral chapter met into the church of St. Mary of Graces in Visone, to elect the new bishop, because there was a terrible plague outbreak in Acqui.

In 1469 the feud moved in the hands of the Malaspina family. In this period the castle is hugely restored by Antoniotto Malaspina. In 1519 Giovanni Malaspina sells the feud to Mary Boverio della Corba, first lady-in-waiting of Anne of Alençon, marquise of Montferrat.

At the middle of the 17th cent. Raimond of Cardona, descendant of Mary Boverio, sells the feuds and the castle to the noble Louis Centurione-Scotto, whose family will keep it up to the first half of the 20th century.

In the night of April 18 to 19, 1861, a flood made a large part of the rock into a landslide, with a consequent collapse of the church of St. Maty of Graces and a lot of houses in the ancient hamlet of Malborghetto.

In 1929 the municipality was suppressed, and joined to the one of Acqui Terme,^[4] and it has been restored back starting from 1948,^[5] following the liberation.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Moriondo, G.B. (1789). Monumenta aquensia. Vol. I. Acqui Terme. p. 6, n. 4.
^ R.D. n. 3259 of December 20, 1928.
^ D.Lgs. n. 1187 of August 20, 1947.

Piedmont · Comuni of the Province of Alessandria

This article on a location in the Province of Alessandria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories: