Tortonese

Although the city of Tortona was historically opponent of Pavia and allied of Milan (which included it in the possessions of the Duchy in 1347 and in which it remained until 1738), several localities of its surroundings were part or had close ties with the Pavese and Lomellina for centuries, with last the municipality of Isola Sant'Antonio who left the province of Pavia in 1878.

Due to the particular geographical location, the territory is spoken dialect of the city, a variety traditionally ascribed to Emilian but with a strong Lombard influence (also considered a Lombard-Emilian crossroads dialect), with elements of transition towards Piedmontese and minor Ligurian influences. Tortonese is similar to the Oltrepadano dialect spoken in southern Lombardy and more generally to that complex of dialects included in the area between the provinces of Pavia and Piacenza.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}. The dialect spoken in the upper Curone Valley (upstream from Brignano) and in the municipality of Garbagna is instead Ligurian.

Similar spiccatees combine the gastronomic tradition of Tortonese to the Lombard tradition of Oltrepò pavese and the Piacenza cuisine especially in meats, cheeses and other pests such as ceci soup, tagliatelle withAjá (walnut sauce), la panada and the far (typical pancakes for the feast of Saint Joseph). By Tortona are originating Dama kisses golden, hazelnut-based sweets and chocolate.

Other food and wine products typical of the dove are:

• the fragrant strawberries of Tortona
• the corn flour Otto File Tortonese
• the agnolotti
• the gazzosa, white and red
• the truffles
• the Timorasso, dry white wine D.O.C. "Colli Tortonesi", derived from the traditional autochthonous grape, which also lends itself to aging.