Asti: sights, history and trails

Asti is located about 55 kilometers southeast of Turin, in the valley of Tanaro which delimits it south. Inside the municipal territory there are also three tributaries of the river: Borbore, Rio Valmanera and Versa, while the Rio Valbrenta, proceeds completely underground under the city center until you enter the Rio Valmanera.^[6] The city rises in the midst of famous hills, between the Langhe and the Monferrato, famous throughout the world for their wines^[7][8] and is in a favorable position almost in the heart of Piemonte.

Based on the results of the XVI edition of "Ecosystem Urban" by Legambiente, Asti ranks 26th place of the virtuous ranking in the environmental field and ecosystem, thanks to the relationship resulting from the values of PM10, the differentiated collection, and the ratio of CO emissions₂ for passenger of public transport^[9].

• Seismic classification: zone 4 (irrelevant earthquake), Ordinance PCM n. 3274 of 20/03/2003, updated on 16/01/2006^[10].

The whole of the Astigian territory is to have a particular climate, protected as it is by reliefs from both Mediterranean and Atlantic influences.

From the available data regarding province, an increase in precipitation is noted proceeding from north to south and with increasing altitude. The average calculated over the last thirty years reveals that 667 mm of rain falls per year in Asti, compared to a national average of 970 mm and 760 mm for the Po Valley.

The climate is characterized by two rainy periods and two with less rainfall. The maximums occur in April and November, with generally higher values in the last month; the absolute minimum is recorded in January, followed by August and in some years from July. Summer thunderstorms tend to be few but strong.

Winter is characterized by little rainfall and temperatures below the regional average, especially in the lowest values. The average annual temperature of the last twenty years is 12.7 °C: the warmest month is July (+23.65 °C), while the coldest month is January (+0.7 °C).

The general average humidity ten years in Asti is 52.5 with minimum of 42 in July and maximum in January with 61.

• Climate classification: E (the Grades day of the city are 2.617, and the maximum limit allowed for heating is 14 hours daily, from 15 October to 15 April), D.P.R. No. 412 of 26 August 1993^[10].

Asti was built by the Romans (with the name of Hasta), although the first real foundation can be traced back to Ligurian populations who, previously, had established a village in the area corresponding to the current city. Some sections of the ancient walls are still present in the northern part of the city, and in the 20th century excavation work revealed another section of the Roman wall in the center of the city.

At the time of Lombard domination, before the eighth century, Asti was the seat of a duchy granted to the Franco-Bavarian dynasty of the Agilofingi. After the conquest of Carolingia in the eighth century, it became the seat of a county granted to the French-Salica dynasty of the Aleramics.

Later during the Middle Ages, Asti was an important trading and banking centre. This is the happiest time for the city, which embellishes with numerous towers and strongholds and sees its power extending over many cities and countries, such as Alba, Bra, Villanova d'Asti, Fossano, Nizza Monferrato, Ceva and Garessio. The transfer of Castello di Annone by the bishop on 28 March 1095 to the consuls demonstrates the existence of the independent municipality already in the 11th century.

The Austro-Hungarian army participated in all the Crusades.

In the communal period, given the great wealth of the city, the merchant class had developed. In fact, in that period the "houses" were born, credit institutions on pledge. Practically the Housekeepers lent money, giving themselves land and castles in guarantee. The Auction merchants operated throughout Europe.

In the Middle Ages, noble families often collided with each other because of the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines.

• Families Guelfe: the faction was led by the very powerful Solaro/Solari and also included the families of Malabayla, Ramelli di Celle, Garretti, Troja, Falletti, Ricci, Damiani.
• Families Ghibelline: headed by the Guttuari, Turkish, Isnardi (all three formed the Consortium of De Castello), backed by the Alfieri, Coppa, Scarampi, Chain, Buneo, Cacherano.
• Families Caroca (Raimondo Caroca) Console

The Roeros and the Pellettas were even divided internally.

The north-western area of the city, between the center and the cathedral, is very rich in medieval merchant houses and palaces, many of which have monumental towers. Asti was known as the city of one hundred towers (although the total number was 120), many of which are still present in the walls.

From 1065 to 1353 the Codex Astensis was drafted. In 1155, still under Aleramico rule, Asti suffered a siege and subsequent fire by Emperor Frederick I's troops The Barbarossa. The spread of imperial troops in the Astese area led to the destruction of various castles and strongholds such as the castle of Celle Enomondo. Among the multiple causes that led to the clash, two were decisive, namely that in that period in Asti the Guelph faction prevailed over the Ghibelline one and consequently its vassals and that Asti was on the way to another important Guelph city which did not recognize the imperial authority such as Alessandria.

In 1199, the Astigiani entered into an agreement with the Marquis Bonifacio I of Monferrato, obtaining the privileges with which the free commune of Asti was founded (as told in Codex Astensis)^[11]. In 1312 the Municipality of Asti spontaneously submitted to the protection of the King of Naples Robert of Anjou, in 1339 it acclaimed John II of Monferrato as lord marquis of Monferrato, in 1342 the County of Asti was formed for the free adhesion of the citizens of Asti to the dominion of the Viscontis of Milan, the first Count of Asti was Luchino Visconti (1342-1349), who was succeeded by Giovanni Visconti (1349-1354) and Galeazzo II Visconti (1354-1356). In 1356 a league formed against the Viscontis led again by the Marquis of Monferrato began to free many Piedmontese territories from Milanese influence and then occupied Asti, John II of Monferrato once again became lord and count of Asti (1356-1372) upon his death the county passed to the young Otto III of Monferrato (1372-1378), who in 1377 at the age of 17 married Violante Visconti, daughter of Galeazzo II Visconti and sister of Gian Galeazzo, an unfortunate choice, in fact Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1379-1389) took advantage of it and occupied Asti and became its new lord and count. In 1389, however, he ceded it to the Dukes of Orléans, as a dowry for his daughter Valentina Visconti, together with the hundreds of lands, castles and villages constituting his ancient Republic, which from that moment on was proudly defined as the "Astese Homeland".

In 1531 the County of Asti was ceded to the Savoy by Emperor Charles V, as a wedding dowry for his brother-in-law, Beatrice of Portugal who married Duke Charles III of Savoy. From that moment on, the city followed the fate of Savoy.

The Duchy of Savoy became "Regno di Sardegna" in 1720, although in fact little changed, beginning with the capital that remained in Turin.

In 1797 Asti was the scene of a great revolt, passed to history under the name "Rivoluzione Astese". On 22 July there was a riot for the scarcity of wheat and on 28 it was proclaimed the republic by Secondo Arò, Felice Berruti, Gian Secondo Berruti and Gioachino Testa. The 30 realist troops, supported by peasants San Damiano d'Asti, they reoccupied the city and on August 2 they shot the insurgents.

From 1800 to 1805 Asti became the capital of the French department of Tanaro.

In 1935 Asti became provincial capital, detaching its territory from province of Alessandria^[12].

During the Second World War, after the armistice of 8 September 1943 with the Allies, with the Republic of Salò and German occupation, Asti and Monferrato lived in full the war of resistance (in particular with one of the Partisan republics, the Republic of Alto Monferrato from September to December 1944), Anglo-American bombings, persecution of Jews, rafts, deportations.

On September 4, 1948 the city suffered very serious damage and victims due to flooding triggered by heavy clouds, which caused the flood of some torrents such as Borbore and Tinella and the river. Tanaro.

On November 6, 1994 she was struck by a new flood, due to overflow from the river banks Tanaro.

On 21 June 2012 he suffered a short but very strong storm (a supercella according to meteorologists) that did not cause fortunately serious damage as in 1994, but provoked a small flood in areas such as: Piazza Marconi, Via Cavour, Corso Alfieri and piazza del Palio. Damage to agriculture was calculated for millions of Euros and municipal damage for as many euros due to uprooted trees and roads blocked by the countless debris brought by the strong wind.

With official act of 5 July 1896, the Kingdom of Italy recognized the Municipality of Asti its civic coat of arms. The shield is composed of a white cross in the red field. The coat of arms overlaps the "comital crown", with 16 pearls of which 9 are visible. At the shield are brought "two branches of palm, decussed under the tip and bound by red". The cartiglio below shows the Latin motto: _, or: "Asti shines in the world thanks to its guardian San Secondo".

In the eastern part of the city you can admire the complex of San Pietro in Consavia, located in the Middle Ages of the gerosolimitan priory of Lombardy.

The majestic cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, part of the low-medieval period besides being the largest church in the region, thanks to its refined decorative apparatus style is considered the most important Gothic cathedral of the Piemonte,^{[without source]} the collegiate church of San Secondo, where the relics of the patron saint of the city are kept, the church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice di Viatosto, the church of Santa Maria Nuova and the church of Madonna del Portone, which preserves inside the medieval gate of San Marco.

The church of Santa Caterina, the church of San Paolo, the church of San Martino, the church of San Silvestro, the church of San Rocco, the confraternita church of SS. Trinity and Sant'Evasio, the church of Consolata and the annexed Cistercian monastery.

In addition, of Baroque style, there are the former Confraternity Church of San Michele and the former church of San Giuseppe.

Among the main medieval buildings, towers and medieval forts are to be mentioned Catena Palace, Zoya Palace, the Podestà or the Municipality palace, Asinari Tower, Comentina Tower, Gazzelli tower and palace, De Regibus tower, Guttuari tower, Natta tower and palaces, the Quarter Tower, Solaro tower, the Civic Tower (rotor Troyana). In addition, in the north-western part of the city you can admire a section of the ancient walls used for defense in medieval times.

A few architectural testimonies remain from the Renaissance period. The most important is certainly Malabaila Palace, which in the sixteenth century hosted Louis XII during his stay in town.

The Baroque period includes many palaces and churches in Asti thanks to the remarkable impetus given by the presence of architect Benedetto Alfieri.

Among the most important baroque buildings of Palazzo Ottolenghi, Palazzo Civico, Palazzo Mazzetti, Palazzo Verasis-Asinari.

The Palazzo del Michelerio, of 16th century origin, has been restored in the following centuries, and inside it is the former church of Jesus, which houses important Baroque frescoes, also coming from the demolished church of Sant'Anastasio.

In via Govone is the Palazzo di Giustizia, already home of the C.A.R. Barracks. while in Piazza Vittorio Alfieri there is the Palazzo della Provincia.

• Monument to Vittorio Alfieri - 1862 - (Piazza Alfieri)
• Monument to the Falls - 1930 - (Piazza I Maggio)
• Monument to Federico Cotti di Ceres - 1855 - (piazza S. Maria Nuova)
• Fountain of the Aqueduct of Cantarana - 1908 - (Medici square)
• Monument to Umberto I - 1903 - (Piazza Cairoli)
• Monument to the Unification of Italy - 1898 - (piazza Roma)
• Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II - 1884 - (public gardens)
• Monument to Paolo Lugano - Bersagliere - 1986 - (piazza Lugano)
• Platano di Vittorio Alfieri - (Piazza Cairoli)

From the Roman period, are still present, the Red Tower, probably vestiges of the western gate of the Roman city, the domus of Via Varrone, the remains of the amphitheatre, the thermal baths and the hole.

Of the Romanesque period of considerable interest are the crypts of Sant'Anastasio, San Secondo (VII century) in which the body of the patron and Saint John is preserved.

In the city there are some natural reserves:

• Special natural reserve of the Andona Valley, Valle Botto and Val Grande: over 300 hectares of natural environment that extends in the north-western part of the city in the homonymous place, in a vast area including a rich heritage of fossils (shells, corals and other fossils).
• Villa Paolina's Reserve and Oasi WWF: located on the northern outskirts, it is a park of about 10 hectares made of meadows and hedges, placed on a plateau half a hill, in an absolutely suggestive context. In the surrounding area, there are also various and particular protected species that are located within the refuge such as the rate, fox, hare, curl, wreck, squirrels and faina; birds (such as ape and upupa) but also several amphibians and reptiles like green frog and ridged triton. It is also present in the area, a complex of buildings built in Art Nouveau style like the villa or porch, dating back to the mid-19th century.

Inhabitants registered^[13]

At 31 December 2023 foreigners living in the municipality were 8 700, or 11.65% of the population. The following are the largest groups:^[14]

• Albania 2 725
• Romania 1 346
• Morocco 1 044
• Nigeria 451
• China 345
• Moldova 292
• Peru 257
• Pakistan 221
• Senegal 173
• Ukraine 151

In addition to the Italian language, in Asti and in the province there is a dialect of Piedmont. A peculiarity of this dialect is the use of the article or (pronounced "u") instead of the common Piedmontese "ël" before some nouns: o ciap (the shard), or dimòni (the devil).

In February there is the Carnival of "Famija of the Astigian masks"^[15], which has roots in the 15th century with the descriptions of the poet Gian Giorgio Alione.

In the 1960s, the municipal administration decided to resume the most popular and bureaucratic aspect of the Astigian carnival, in order to evoke satire and popular customs.

That's how it was born. Famija d'le Astesane Masks constituted by the characteristic masks of the city, which represented the character typical of the villages citizens. The Famija in addition to participating and animating the ludic activities of the carnival period is also engaged in social organizing shows and re-enactments at the health and social structures of Asti and province.

In the first week of May, the festivities for the patron saint San Secondo are held, after the fireworks on the first Monday of May, the following day the liturgical celebration takes place with the offer of Palio. Finally, on the following Wednesday, the millenary "fiera carolingia" is held throughout the historic centre of the city, which tradition traces back to a concession by Charlemagne.

In autumn the "September of Astis" is characterized by four events that recall tens of thousands of tourists in the city. It begins in the second week of September with the Douja d'Or and the Festival of the Astigian festivals, to continue in the third week of September with the demonstrations of Palio di Asti, culminating on Sunday with the ancient horse race, concluding on the fourth weekend of September with "Arti e Mercanti", a journey back in time among ancient crafts, artists and taverns.

The "Cardinal Massaia" hospital is located in the city^[16].

• Renamed Civic Library Astense Library - "Giorgio Faletti", at Palazzo del Collegio
• Library of the Episcopal Seminary^[17]
• Historical archive of the Municipality of Asti, at Palazzo Mazzola
• State Archives of Asti^[18], at the former convent of Sant'Anna
• Library of the Institute for History of Resistance and Contemporary Society^[19]
• Library of CEPROS Asti ONLUS^[20]
• Library of the Giovanni Goria Foundation^[21]
• Library of the Research Centre for Enology^[22], former Experimental Institute, founded in 1872.

• Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale "Alessandro Artom"
• Istituto Superiore "Augusto Monti"
• "F. Vercelli"
• Liceo Classico "Vittorio Alfieri"
• ITCG "Giovanni Antonio Giobert"
• State Art Liceum "Benedetto Alfieri"
• IPSIA "Carlo Alberto Castigliano"
• Istituto Agrario "Giovanni Penna"
• Institute of Music "G. Greens"
• Professional Institute for Trade and Tourism "Quintino Sella"

• University of Asti UNI-ASTISS

• Jewish Museum
• Alfieriano Museum
• Crypt and museum of Sant'Anastasio
• Palazzo Mazzetti and Pinacoteca Civica
• Museum of the Risorgimento at Palazzo Ottolenghi
• Diocesan Museum "San Giovanni"
• Roman Domus of the Varroni
• Palazzo Mazzola and Museum of the Palio
• San Pietro in Consavia
• Scassa tapestry museum at the Arazzeria Scassa at the Certosa di Valmanera
• Palaeontological territorial museum of Astigiano^[23]

The main local journalistic publications are:

Weekly

• The new Province (week in newsstand on Tuesday);
• Official Journal Asti;
• The Corriere dell'Astigiano (no more in activity);
• In the news (free-press).
• ATNews (digital newspaper, also has a sports supplement, SportAsti)
• The Voice of Asti (Digital Daily)

In the center of the city there is also a editorial staff of the newspaper La Stampa.

The Main^{[without source]} local radio is:

• Primaradio (no more in activity)

The main local television broadcasters are:

• GRP Television (from 2010 to November 2014)

• Municipal theatre Vittorio Alfieri

Originally from Asti are the progressive rock group Locanda delle Fate, the rock band Farinei dla Brigna and the group grindcore Cripple Bastards.

Asti and its hills are famous all over the world for sweet wines: the most vine is White Moscato or Moscato di Canelli, from which a sparkling wine, a passito wine and a "still" (or still) quality are obtained. From this comes the Asti sparkling wine, an important DOCG wine for the end of a meal.

Do not forget the production of black Malvasia, in particular the Malvasia di Casorzo and Castelnuovo Don Bosco and Schierano, whose grapes give pink wines and sweets. Moreover, worthy of mention is the vine of Brachetto dell'alto Monferrato and the area of Acqui Terme.

As for red wines, Barbera is definitely the most widespread production on the territory. Other important reds are Dolcetto, Grignolino, Freisa and Ruché.

Among the white meal, the production of Cortese, especially in high Monferrato, is prevalent.

In the Astigiano was born in 1999 the first road of Piedmontese wine, the Road Astesana. It develops with eight routes, crossing 52 municipalities in the province of Asti and part of the Langhe. Asti is part of the city of wine.

The great production and variety of vegetables has its highest expression in

• wet cedar, a "poor" dish that has its origins in the Middle Ages. The ingredients are: anchovies under salt, butter, extra virgin olive oil, garlic; everything is diluted in a pan until a hot sauce is obtained. At this point, dip the raw vegetables typical of Monferrato (hunchbacked thistle Nizza Monferrato, ivory thistle of Isola d'Asti, square pepper from Motta di Costigliole, golden celery from Asti, Jerusalem artichokes, turnips, potatoes from Castelnuovo Scrivia, etc.).

• Robiola di Roccaverano, fresh cheese DOP, prepared with cow's milk, sheep, goat.
• The Robiola Cocconato, fresh cow's milk cheese (it was once prepared with raw milk).
• The Piedmontese Toma, cow's cheese, whose history dates back to the fourteenth century.

Autumn and winter are the "principles" seasons of astigian and Piedmontese cuisine.

• Raw beef meat with truffle (♪), veal with tuna sauce, peppers in wetsuit caud, veal tongue in green sauce (bagnet verd), "electric" tomini (cheese with chilli pepper), rabbit tuna, are just some of the typical Asti starters.
• Agnolotti d'asino, di lepre; tagliatelle all'uovo (Tajarin) with roast sauce, truffle or porcini mushrooms, for the first courses.
• Boiled with fat buoys with polenta "concia" (meaning with spinning cheese).
• the financier: the name of this recipe comes from the dress, called own "financial", usually worn in 1800 by bankers and men of high finance, to which it seems that this dish liked very much; other sources instead suggest the origin of the name in the tribute in nature paid by peasants to the guards (the financiers, in fact) to enter the city. Tribute composed mainly of the strawberries of chickens, still today among the fundamental ingredients.
• the fried mixed with Piedmont (fried) linked to the ritual of pig slaughter and the need to not waste anything. It included the entrails, the black pudding, the lung (white fricass), the liver (Fricassà n'èira), the sweetbreads. Over time it has been enriched with new ingredients and there are numerous versions: typical of Monferrato are courgette flowers and amaretti.
• veal roasts and braised at the barbery or barol.

• The polentina astigiana, made with almonds, raisins, maraschino and covered with yellow polenta.
• The bitters Mombaruzzo or Canelli, soft almond biscuits.
• The hazelnut cake.
• The barber or moscato zabaione.
• The ancient The world (pronounced "mun") by Mongardino (soft brick).
• The peaches at Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato.
• bonet (pronounce bunét) sweet spoon cooked in the oven

• Douja d'Or
• Palio di Asti
• National note on the Festival of the Astigian festivals, a food and wine event held the week following the Palio of Asti, where over 40 pro loco of the province of Asti offer their gastronomic specialities, accompanied by DOCG wines from Astigiani.
• Asti Theatre
• Asti Music
• Italian Championship flags

Beccati, Bramairate, Bricco Fassio, Brico Roasio, Ca' dei Coppi, Caniglie, Canova, Casabianca, Castiglione, Migliandolo, Mombarone, Mongardino Station, Montegrosso Cinaglio, Montemarzo, Palucco, Poggio d'Asti, Portacomaro Stazione, Quarto Inferiore, Fourth Superior, Revignano, Rioscone, San Grato di Sessant, San Marzanotto, San marzanotto Piana, Santo Spirito, San Vito - Poggio, Serravalle, Sesants, Torrazzo, Trincere, Vaglierano Basso, Valenzani, Valfea, Valgera, Valleandona, Valle Tanaro Valmaggiore, Valmairone, Valleversa, Valmanera, Valterza, Variglie, Valbella, Viatosto

The city of Asti is divided into 14 "territories" which refer to the parish competences of 31 December 1978.

The districts are defined as "Rioni", within the first circle of the ancient thirteenth century walls known as "the nobles" and "Borghi", the circumscriptions originally included in the second circle of fourteenth-century walls called "the villages".

These 14 entities, each with its own statute and order, participate in the social and religious life of the city that culminates in the patronal celebrations of St. Second and with the race of ancient Palio.

With the urban development of the city, some peripheral parishes have expanded and broken in the last twenty years. Here are the Rioni and Borghi of the city with the parish subdivisions.

Coat of arms	Churches and parishes
Rione Cathedral	Parish of the Cathedral and Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Rione San Martino-Borgo San Rocco	Parish of San Martino, with the church of San Martino and the church of San Rocco
Rione San Paolo	Parish and church of St. Paul and Church of the Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity and Saint Evasio
Rione San Second	Parish and collegiate church of San Secondo
Rione San Silvestro	Parish and church of San Silvestro
Santa Caterina Rione	Parish and church of Santa Caterina, Parish of Revignano and church of San Giacomo, Parish and church of Vaglierano, Parish of Variglie and church of San Michele Arcangelo, Parish and church of the Sacred Heart and San Quirico fence
Borgo Don Bosco	Parish and church of San Giovanni Bosco
Borgo San Lazzaro	Parish and church of San Domenico Savio
Borgo San Marzanotto	Parish and church of San Marzanotto
Borgo Santa Maria Nuova	Parish and church of Santa Maria Nuova
Borgo San Pietro	Parish and church of San Pietro, Parish and church of San Fedele
Borgo Tanaro Trincere Torrazzo	Parish and church of the Santissima Annunziata di Ponte Tanaro
Borgo Torretta N.S.L.	Parish and church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Parish of Casabianca and church of San Giovanni Battista, Parish of Montegrosso Cinaglio and church of San Carlo
Borgo Viatosto	Parish and church of Our Lady Helper of Viatosto

• Production plant of the Saclà
• Historic Factory of Way-Assauto
• Establishment of Corso Minzoni della Officine Morando Silvio & Son
• Establishment of the IB.Mei
• Establishment of the Federal Operational Veterinary A.V.I.R.

Asti is located at the crossroads of the main links between Liguria and Northern Italy, which include:

• the A21 motorway, which connects it to the capital of region, to Emilia and Lombardy;
• the A33 motorway, which favours connections with the major towns of Cuneo;
• the Highway 10 Padana Inferiore, which allows connections with Alessandria, Chieri, Turin e Villanova d'Asti;
• the Highway 231 of Santa Vittoria, which, starting from Asti, touches the localities of Costigliole d'Asti, Govone, Alba and then continue to Cuneo;
• the Regional Road 457 of Moncalvo, which extends towards Moncalvo And Casale Monferrato;
• the Provincial Road 458 of Gallareto, which stretches towards Chivasso;
• the Provincial Road 8, which connects the city to the localities of Revigliasco d'Asti, Antignano, San Martino Alfieri and Govone;
• the Strada Provinciale 15a, that connects the junction of the SS231 of Corso Savona to Torrazzo;
• the Strada Provinciale 15c that connects the village San Marzanotto Piana to Mongardino;
• the Strada Provinciale 35, which connects the village Meridiana to Camerano Casasco;
• the Strada Provinciale 35a, which connects the village Meridiana to Cinaglio;
• the Strada Provinciale 58, that connects the village Palucco a San Damiano d'Asti;
• the Strada Provinciale 59, which runs parallel to the double-carreggiata section of the SS231 of Santa Vittoria from Corso Savona until the town of Isola d'Asti.

Another important artery is the State Road 706, which constitutes the North Tangenziale of the city by connecting the junction Asti East of A21 at the fraction Portacomaro Station.

Asti is a historic railway hub located along the Turin-Genova railway, from which at the station of Asti branches off the line for Acqui Terme and Genoa.

Until 2012 the Asti-Chivasso and Castagnole-Casale-Mortara railways were also active, since then closed to traffic. The Alba-Asti railway, on part of the route of this last route, has been reopened since 2023. The city was then served in the past by additional facilities consisting of Sessant and Serravalle d'Asti stations on the Chivasso line, Casa dei Coppi stop and Portacomaro station on the Casale Monferrato line, Asti Boana stop and San Marzanotto station on the Castagnole delle Lanze line and San Marzanotto Rivi stop, on the Acqui Terme line.

Between 1882 and 1935 from Asti three inter-urban steam lines were released:

• Asti-Canale (1882-1935);
• Asti-Cortanze (1882-1915);
• Asti-Montemagno-Altavilla (1900-1935).

The city is served by a network of urban and suburban cars managed by Asti Public Services (ASP).

• Valence, since 1966^[25]
• Biberach an der Riß^[26]
• Maalot-Tarshiha^[27]
• Nanyang, from 2023^[28]

In California, in Sonoma County, there is a village called Asti: it was founded by Italian and Swiss immigrants towards the end of the 19th century. Also in California, near Los Angeles, stands the village of Guasti, whose church bears the name of the patron saint of Astese: San Secondo.

For cycling, Asti was five times the arrival of the Giro d'Italia: the first in 1935, the last in 2020.

Carpet of the Giro d'Italia with arrival in Asti

Year	Stage	Departure	km	Stage Winner	Pink sweater
1935	16th	Cuneo	91	Giuseppe Olmo	Vasco Bergamaschi
1960	11th	Sestri Levante	180	Rik Van Looy	Jos Hoevenaers
1963	10th	La Spezia	225	Vito Taccone	Diego Ronchini
2003	17th	Salice Terme	130	Alessandro Petacchi	Gilberto Simoni
2020	19th	Have a fat[29]	124,5	Josef Černý	Wilco Kelderman

• Tubosider Asti, training that has miliated in the national championship of Serie A (2 shields, a Cup Champions, 4 Coppe Italia)

• There. Asti Football Club is the main football club of the city of Asti. The foundation dates back to 1932 with the name of A.C. Asti. He played in Serie C in the 1930s and 1980s. Giancarlo Antognoni made his debut among its ranks in the 1970-1971 season (then the company was called Asti MaCo and participated in the Serie D championship). There.Asti T.S.C. in 1984 it was promoted in Serie C1. After alternating events and retrocessions in the minor series, he assumed the name Associazione Calcio Asti Colligiana in the summer of 2006, following the merger with the Unione Sportiva Nova Colligiana di San Damiano d'Asti. In 2007 it returned to its original name A.C. Asti and in 2010 it is promoted again in Serie D. The team will then return to the regional series and, after a further refoundation in 2017, will return to Serie D in 2021.
• The other football team in the city isA.C.D. Sporting Asti New Itea which militates in the M group of Second Category.

• The Asti Calcio a 5, won the 2008/2009 Serie B championship, and that of Serie A2 2009-2010: in the 2010/2011 season he played his first Serie A championship in his history, after the absolute record in the national futsal of five consecutive promotions (from the 2005-2006 season, when they won the Serie D Championship). In 2012 he won the Coppa Italia, the first absolute trophy won by an Astigiana series team, a second-time event in the 2014-2015 season. He won the first two editions of the Winter Cup in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. The following season, 2015-2016 wins the tricolored championship by graduating Campione d'Italia.

• Rugby Auctions. The wrinkled tradition in Asti was born in the years 1930: the first chronicles in local newspapers of a rugby team are from this period. In the 1981 Asti Rugby was born. In the season 2002/2003 the company reaches the historic goal of the B series, and it turns out for two times the enterprise of promotion through the play-offs: the first in the season 2006/2007 when he is defeated by Livorno Rugby and in the season 2008/2009 defeated in the return match in Verona, after winning the outbound race at the Lungotanaro camp. In both cases, the Astisans had arrived in second place at the end of the regular season but the 18 July 2009, during the Parma meeting of the Italian Rugby Federation (the maximum national rust movement) the Rugby auction is repeated in the highest series, the Serie A2, thanks to the renunciation of the registration by a club and faced for the first time in its history, the maximum championship conquering an extraordinary salvation with an advance turn, having also the right to dispute this championship in the competitive season 2010/2011.
• Senators Asti Rugby. It was born in 2007 by a "coast" of the Rugby Auction. Currently militates in Serie C.^[When?]

Three Asti companies participate in the Italian championship: the scientific high school team "F. Vercelli", present since the first edition of 2007, Asti Tchoukball, a company founded on September 5, 2008 by young former students of high school, which includes two teams: Asti Atomik Tchoukball and EleKTrauti Asti Tchoukball, and the team of the classical high school Vittorio Alfieri.

The Asti Atomik Tchoukball came to 3rd place in the Italian championships 2009/2010 and 2011/2012, the best result ever for an Astisan team.