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Abazia Santa Giustina

The Abbey of Santa Giustina was founded, according to local legend, by King Liutprando and dedicated to the eponymous martyr in 772. Enlarged in 1030 by the Marquis Otberto I, it was equipped with a monastery entrusted to...

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Conzano

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Abbazia di San Maurizio

Begun in 1400 and built in the late Gothic style, the brick façade features a subdued pediment, punctuated by four buttresses. The simple façade features a porch, a rose window, and two single-lancet windows overlooking t...

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Tortona

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Abbazia di Santa Maria

The complex of Rivalta Scrivia was built between 1180 and the mid-13th century and named after Holy Mary. The layout and elevation of the monastery comply with the dictates of the Cistercian rule, sanctioned by San Bernar...

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Quargnento

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Basilica di San Dalmazio

This parish church was likely built on a pre-existing Roman temple dedicated to Diana, evidence of which can be found in the materials used for the masonry. It was consecrated by Pope Paschal II in 1110, while passing thr...

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Acqui Terme

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Basilica di San Pietro

Saint Peter's Basilica is the old cathedral of Acqui Terme and one of the oldest in Italy. It was built within the boundary of an early Christian cemetery in the 4th century and rebuilt in Romanesque style in the first de...

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Serralunga di Crea

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Basilica e Sacro Monte di Crea

The Sacred Mount of Crea consists of the Sanctuary, 23 chapels, and five hermitages, and stands on an ancient site of Marian worship. It was built between 1589 and 1612, with a further construction phase in the 1820s. The...

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Basilica Santuario Madonna della Guardia

Tortona

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Basilica Santuario Madonna della Guardia

In 1893, Luigi Orione opened his first college for young boys in San Bernardino. Speaking to them about the future work he was already contemplating, pointing to the area he said, “A large shrine will rise here...”. D...

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Fubine Monferrato

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Cappella Bricherasio

The funerary chapel of the Bricherasio Counts stands on the site once occupied by the Capuchin Friars' Convent. The chapel is in neo-Gothic style and was commissioned in 1864. In the crypt, the funerary monument of Emanu...

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Cappella della Beata Vergine del Monserrato

Alessandria

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Cappella della Beata Vergine del Monserrato

The Church or Chapel of Montserrat is one of the few testimonies of the Spanish domination of Alessandria, the only one which is still well-preserved in its original forms. The veneration refers to the important shrine of...

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Ovada

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Casa Natale di San Paolo della Croce

The 17th century building, belonging to the Buffa Family, was declared a National Monument in 1918 and entrusted to the Passionists in 1926. The third floor is home to the Chapel which corresponds to the room were th...

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Acqui Terme

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Cattedrale dell'Assunta

The Cathedral of the Assumption stands in the historical part of the town and is reached from a picturesque Renaissance-style square of the late 15th century. Consecrated in 1067, numerous building work has modified the o...

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Alessandria

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Cattedrale di San Pietro

The Cathedral was built between 1875 and 1879 by Edoardo Arborio Mella to replace the old Romanesque cathedral which was demolished on the order of Napoleon I. To the left of the Neo-classical facade rises the 106-metre h...

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