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Moncalvo
Sign in to saveMoncalvo is a village and comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northeast of Asti on the national road SS 547 which links Asti to Casale Monferrato and Vercelli. Historically it was part of the state of Montferrat and was of particular importance during the early years of the Paleologi period of the marquisate. Its best-known inhabitants were the Baroque painter Guglielmo Caccia and ‘La Bella Rosin’, King Victor Emmanuel II’s favourite mistress and eventually wife.
Moncalvo is a small village in the Piedmont region of northern Italy that holds historical significance as a former part of the medieval state of Montferrat. The village is notable as the birthplace of Baroque painter Guglielmo Caccia and for its connection to "La Bella Rosin," a woman who became the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Moncalvo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Moncalvo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Moncalvo-teatro_civico3.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Moncalvo
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Moncalvo-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.province
- Asti (AT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Castellino, Patro, Santa Maria, Gessi, Stazione
- Italian comune.mayor
- Diego Musumeci
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 17.7
- Italian comune.population_total
- 2967
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 October 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Moncalvini
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 305
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Anthony of Padua
- Italian comune.day
- June 13
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 14036
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0141
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Moncalvo
- Demonym
- moncalvesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Asti
- Population
- 2730
- Area
- 17.42
- Elevation
- 305
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Ottiglio
- Official website
- www.comune.moncalvo.at.it
- Image
- Moncalvo-teatro civico3.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0141
- Licence plate code
- AT
- Patron saint
- Anthony of Padua
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- Commons category
- Moncalvo
- postal code
- 14036
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Moncalvo
- topic's main category
- Category:Moncalvo
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Moncalvo
- has certification
- Bandiera arancione
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Moncalvo is a village and comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northeast of Asti on the national road SS 547 which links Asti to Casale Monferrato and Vercelli. Historically it was part of the state of Montferrat and was of particular importance during the early years of the Paleologi period of the marquisate. Its best-known inhabitants were the Baroque painter Guglielmo Caccia and ‘La Bella Rosin’, King Victor Emmanuel II’s favourite mistress and eventually wife.
Moncalvo borders the following municipalities: Alfiano Natta, Castelletto Merli, Cereseto, Grana, Grazzano Badoglio, Ottiglio, Penango, and Ponzano Monferrato.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moncalvo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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