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}}
=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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