Alzano Scrivia: sights, history and trails

Located just upstream of the confluence between the Po and the Scrivia, the municipality is located on the border between the Tortona and the Lomellina, about 35 km from Alessandria. Ancient agricultural center is located in the alluvial plain.

With the town of Calvignasco (Milano), it can be considered the most flat municipality in Italy, being the maximum difference in the municipal territory equal to 1 m a.s.l.m.

The village was simply called Alzano until 1925. The family of the Torti from which it takes its name the neighboring village had in Alzano a "Fortified Castle", stood near the sixteenth-century parish, dedicated to Our Lady, was besieged and conquered by the Spaniards in the mid-18th century. There is no trace left of the manor: it was completely destroyed in 1824.

In the past also recent floods of rivers have repeatedly modified the nature of places. In the names of local municipalities, this connection often occurs, often conflicting with water; from Guazzora, the Latin Guadadarium, ad Alluvioni Cambiò, which in its toponym summarizes the history of the village rebuilt after a flood, Isola Sant'Antonio, today located on the mainland, but born around the middle of the sixteenth century in the middle of the Po oxbows. From 1928 to 1946 it was united with the nearby Molino dei Torti in a single town called Molino Alzano.

• Church of the Nativity of Virgin Mary, dating back to the 19th century

In return the abundance of water makes the soil fertile. Alzano produces cereals and forages for livestock breeding, but also fine vegetables and fruit. Alzano celebrates the patronal feast on the occasion of the Nativity of Mary, on the fourth Sunday of September. The next Monday is the traditional fair of cattle and goods.

Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.