Morano sul Po

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Morano sul Po

| official_name = Comune di Morano sul Po

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| image_skyline = Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Morano sul Po) 2009.jpg

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| image_caption = Parish church of St. John the Baptist.

| image_shield = Morano sul Po-Stemma.png

| shield_size = 100px

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|10|6|N|8|22|2|E|region:IT_type:city(1,587)|display=inline}}

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| region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=PMN}}

| province = Alessandria (AL)

| frazioni = Due Sture, Pobietto

| mayor_party =

| mayor = Enzo Piccaluga (2002-2012); Mauro Rossino (2012-2017); Luca Ferrari (2017- in office)

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 17.69

| population_footnotes = Population data from Istat

| population_total = 1530

| population_as_of = 31 December 2011

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| population_demonym = Moranesi

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 123

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| saint = John the Baptist

| day = First Sunday in September

| postal_code = 15025

| area_code = 0142

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Morano sul Po (in Piedmontese Muran) is a comune in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northwestern Italy.

It is about {{convert|50|km|mi}} east of the regional capital Turin and about {{convert|35|km|mi}} northwest of the provincial capital Alessandria. Its immediate neighbours are:

Balzola, Camino, Casale Monferrato, Coniolo, Costanzana, Pontestura, and Trino.

Main sights

=Monuments=

  • Parish church of San Giovanni Battista
  • Church of San Pietro Martire
  • Church of the Santa Trinità
  • Church of the Consolata or Madonna del Ceppo
  • Chapel of San Rocco
  • Church of San Giovanni Battista in Due Sture
  • Church of San San Nicola in Pobietto
  • Ricreatorio parrocchiale
  • House of the Arches
  • Town Hall
  • Morano’s Parabolic Arch{{cite book |last1=Rosario Ceravolo, Stefano Invernizzi, Erica Lenticchia, Irene Matteini, Giacomo Patrucco, Antonia Spanò |title=Integrated 3D Mapping and Diagnosis for the Structural Assessment of Architectural Heritage: Morano’s Parabolic Arch |date=19 July 2023 |publisher=Polytechnic University of Turin |location=Turin |url=https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/14/6532# |access-date=16 February 2025}}

File:Arco parabolico morano.jpeg

=Archaeological site=

  • Final Bronze Age necropolis in Pobietto

=Museums=

  • Museum of peasant civilization and rice cultivation in Pobietto{{cite web |title=Museo della civiltà contadina e della coltivazione del riso |url=https://www.parcopopiemontese.it/gallery_dettaglio.php?id=50725 |website=www.parcopopiemontese.it |access-date=16 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Visita in anteprima del Museo del Riso di Pobietto |url=https://www.ilmonferrato.it/articolo/-grvp6WT4UWYekPrpvznNw/visita-in-anteprima-del-museo-del-riso-di-pobietto |website=www.ilmonferrato.it |access-date=16 February 2025}}
  • HIAB Heritage in a Box next to the Morano's Parabolic Arch{{cite web |title="Heritage in a box" a Morano, la memoria del cemento |url=https://www.ilmonferrato.it/articolo/pI8jhoHRK0SRNFIM--hyPw/heritage-in-a-box-a-morano-la-memoria-del-cemento |website=www.ilmonferrato.it |access-date=16 February 2025}}

References

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{{Province of Alessandria}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont

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