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Casorzo: sights, history and trails

Asti

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Elevation: 275 m above sea level
Area: 12.65 km²
Demonym: Caserzesi
Patron saint: San Vincenzo di Saragossa

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Discovering Casorzo

Casorzo Monferrato (Casors in Piedmontese, Casorzo until 2022) is an Italian municipality of 593 inhabitants^[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte. It is divided into Casorzo high and low. It is also famous for its social cellar, which mainly produces Malvasia.

Landscape and area

The village is located 23 km. north-east of the provincial capital Asti . The upper part of the town is situated on a hill of 273 mt. on the sea level, surrounded by...Explore this chapter

The village is located 23 km. north-east of the provincial capital Asti.
The upper part of the town is situated on a hill of 273 mt. on the sea level, surrounded by extensive plots to vineyard.

Origins of the name

The medieval certificates of the name are various and fragmentary; the most widespread is Casurcius (1148), then Casurtius (1223), then Cassurcellus (1300) and also Castrum Arsum (1253)...Explore this chapter

The medieval certificates of the name are various and fragmentary; the most widespread is ♪ (1148), then Casurtius (1223), then Cassurcellus (1300) and also Castrum Arsum (1253)^[4]. Dante Olivieri proposed an apocopated compound of Home and a personal Latin name, Ursius or Surtius^[5].

History of Casorzo

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Symbols

The coat of arms was granted by royal decree of 21 March 1897.^[6]^[7]

«Stemma di rosso, alla sbarra d'argento, caricata del motto: Pro aris et focis, the bar accompanied at the head by a house, at the tip by three ears of barley, gripped, all in gold. The shield is surmounted by a crown formed by a circle of gold wall, surmounted by eight battlements, joined by walls, all of silver.»

(R.D. of 21 March 1897^[8])

The banner is a blue cloth.

What to see in Casorzo

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Church of San Vincenzo Martire, 18th century
Church of the Madonna delle Grazie, with monument to the Falls and surrounded by green area
Exemplary of bisecular hippocastane, inserted in the Regional Elenco of monumental trees ^[9]

Society

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Demographic evolution

In the last hundred years, as of 1921, the resident population has been reduced by two-thirds.

Inhabitants registered^[10]

Culture

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Economy

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Agriculture

The economy of the country is based almost entirely on the production and sale of Malvasia wine.

Tourism

Casorzo is a particularly famous country for tourism. Every year more than 1500 visitors arrive in the small town to taste the local wine and visit the church of San Giorgio in medieval style and the church of San Vincenzo, eighteenth century.

In Casorzo there is a botanical rarity, the bi tree, a cherry grown on an ice cream, on the road leading to Grana Monferrato.

Infrastructure and transport

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Administration

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

Period		First citizen	Match	Load	Notes
June 11, 1985	5 June 1990	Mario Garlando	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[11]
5 June 1990	April 24, 1995	Mario Garlando	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[11]
April 24, 1995	June 20, 1996	Alfio Gatta	centre-left	Mayor	^[11]
November 18, 1996	May 14, 2001	Giuseppe Carlo Pavese	centre-left	Mayor	^[11]
May 14, 2001	May 30, 2006	Lucia Manuela Allara	civic list	Mayor	^[11]
May 30, 2006	May 16, 2011	Luigi Mosso	civic list	Mayor	^[11]
May 16, 2011	June 4, 2011	Ivana Mussa	Lista civica Vivere Casorzo	Mayor	^[11]
5 June 2016	in office	Ivana Mussa	Lista civica Vivere Casorzo	Mayor	^[11]

Image gallery

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Church of San Vincenzo Martire
Casorzo City Hall
Tower at Casorzo
Church of Our Lady of Grace and monument to the fallen
The Chestnut, the bisecular hippocastane

Notes

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^ ^to ^b Monthly demographic balance for the year 2026 (provisional data), up demo.istat.it, ISTAT.
^ Seismic classification (XLS), up risks.protezionecivile.gov.it.
^ Table of degrees/day of Italian Municipalities grouped by Region and Province (PDF), in Law 26 August 1993, n. 412, annex A, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 1 March 2011, p. 151. URL consulted on 25 April 2012 (archived fromoriginal url on 1 January 2017).
^ Toponomastic Dictionary, Turin, UTET, 1990, p. 185, ISBN 88-02-07228-0.
^ Dante Olivieri, Piedmontese toponomastic dictionary, Brescia, Paideia, 1965, p. 117, SBN TO00129447.
^ Casorzo, up Central State Archive. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ Draft of the coat of arms of the Municipality of Casorzo, up ACS, Collection of drawings from the coat of arms of municipalities and cities. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
^ Coat of arms, up Municipality of Casorzo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ tabuiapp.it, https://tabuiapp.it/CardDetailScreen/6507 Missing title for url url (help).
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Data taken from:
- Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991 (PDF), up ebiblio.istat.it, ISTAT.
- Resident population - Time series, up exploredati.istat.it.
  Please note: 2021 data refers to permanent census data as of December 31 of that year.
^ ^to ^b ^c ^d ^And ^f ^g ^h http://amministratori.interno.it/