Capriata d'Orba: sights, history and trails

Appointed for the first time, along with other localities, in an act of sale of 973, in favor of a certain Roprando, by the son of Marquis Ildeprando, the village was possessed in 1143 of the Marquises of Bosco, of aleramic lineage.

Subject of expansionist myres of the commune Alessandria, it was given to Genoa in 1218. Besieged and destroyed by the Alexandrians in 1228, it returned to Genoese hands in 1230. In 1317 it became part of the Duchy of Milan, then it was again under the dominion of Genoa (1412) which in 1418 ceded it to the marquises of Monferrato.

The conquest of Capriata in 1625 marked the beginning of the war between Savoy and Genoa.

Devaded by the French and then by the Spanish during the succession war of Monferrato (1648), it was annexed to the Saudi domains in 1708, passage ratified by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

In 1863 the municipality of Capriata assumed the new name "Capriata d'Orba".^[5]

The village is dominated by the remains of Castelvecchio. There are still some of the walls surrounding the village and ramparts.

In 1985, the Saiwa plant was created where the Oro Saiwa biscuits were produced.

Capriata d'Orba is currently served by car racing 62 - Alessandria - Predosa - Ovada exercises by ARFEA.

In the past, the town housed a station from Novi Ligure - Ovada, whose races ceased in 1953.

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

• 
  The old town hall
• 
  Bell Tower
• 
  Portico
• 
  Meridiana
• 
  La Torre del Castelvecchio

Statutes

• (THE) Statue communitatis Capriatae ducatus Montisferrati, Acqui Terme, Pietro Giovanni Calenzani, 1620.
• Historical Society of Novese, Statues of Capriata. Land of Monferrato, Tipografia Viscardi, Alessandria 1987. (These Statutes remained in force until the mid-17th century).