Montemagno, Piedmont

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| region = Piedmont

| province = Province of Asti (AT)

| frazioni = Santo Stefano, San Carlo

| mayor_party = La tua voce per il paese

| mayor = Paolo Porta (since 8 June 2009)

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| area_total_km2 = 15.9

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| population_total = 1203

| population_as_of = 31 December 2010

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| population_demonym = Montemagnesi

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| elevation_m = 260

| saint = St. Martin of Tours

| day = 11 November

| postal_code = 14030

| area_code = 0141

| website = http://www.comune.montemagno.at.it/

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Montemagno (Montmagn in Piedmontese) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about {{convert|50|km|mi}} east of Turin and about {{convert|13|km|mi|0}} northeast of Asti. As of 31 December 2010 it had a population of 1,228 and an area of {{convert|15.9|km2|mi2}}.{{in lang|it}} [http://demo.istat.it/bil2010/index.html All demographics and other statistics] from the Italian statistical institute Istat.

The municipality of Montemagno contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Santo Stefano and San Carlo.

Montemagno borders the following municipalities: Altavilla Monferrato (AL), Casorzo, Castagnole Monferrato, Grana, Refrancore, and Viarigi.

Founded around the year 1000, Montemagno is a hamlet consisting of twelve alleys labeled by Roman numerals connoting its identity, and is included in the "Castelli Aperti" circuit in southern Piedmont.

Attractions and landmarks

The Casa sul portone, the last remaining gate of the defensive wall, and the Baroque Cumiana-stone staircase are historically valuable.

The chiesa di San Vittore, the Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Victor{{clarify|date=April 2012|reason=which?}}, with a high bell tower at its side, is appreciable from an architectural standpoint.

The chiesa campestre di Santa Maria di Vallinò, the small country church dedicated to Vallinò's Madonna, where the local population makes frequent pilgrimages to, is immersed in the countryside. In the last years the small church has been a picnicking place for tourists, thanks to its privileged location at the center of a valley among the hills of the village.

On La Stampa daily newspaper, the square of the chiesa parrocchiale dei Santi Martino e Stefano was mentioned as one of the most beautiful squares in Piedmont, because the staircase and the church dominating it are very similar to the ones at Piazza di Spagna in Rome.{{cite news

|title = Speciale piazze del Piemonte – Alla riscoperta di uno spazio che si rinnova – L'itinerario attraverso 32 piazze storiche piemontesi tra fascino, porticati medievali e spazi ruderizzati

|first = Andrea

|last = Rossi

|url = http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=8589065

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|date = 28 June 2006

|pages = 40–41

|access-date = 8 April 2012

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File:Chiesa dei Santi Martino e Stefano di Montemagno.jpg|Chiesa parrocchiale dei Santi Martino e Stefano

File:Castello di Montemagno.JPG|The castle

File:Casa sul Portone di Montemagno.jpg|Casa sul Portone

File:Montemagno Chiesa di San Vittore.jpg|Torre di San Vittore

File:Chiesa di San Michele di Montemagno.jpg|Chiesa della Confraternita di San Michele Arcangelo

File:Chiesa della Trinità di Montemagno.jpg|Chiesa della Confraternita della Santissima Trinità

File:Chiesa della Cava di Montemagno.JPG|Chiesa di Santa Maria della Cava

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Notable people

Bice Mortara Garavelli, linguist
Umberto Lombardo, football player
Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, second Salesian bishop, missionary in Brazil
Luigi Bianco, archbishop, Apostolic nuncio in Honduras

References

External links

{{in lang|it}} [http://www.comune.montemagno.at.it/ Institutional website]
{{in lang|it}} [http://www.artestoria.net/book_0_1.php?loc=48&alfa=M Montemagno] by MonferratoArte, a website containing a wide historical-bibliographical repertoire of the artists working at the suburban churches in the Diocese of Casale Monferrato
{{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050308100821/http://www.comunedimontemagno.it/foto/01.htm Portfolio fotografico [Photographic Portfolio]] (archived), from the municipality of Montemagno's old website