- Elevation
- 280 m above sea level
- Area
- 11.78 km²
- Demonym
- cessolese
- Patron saint
- Sant'Alessandro di Bergamo
A closer look
Discovering Cessole
C'èssole (C in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 318 inhabitants[1] from the province of Asti in the Piemonte. Located in the middle of Langa Astigiana, which is perhaps the most scenic, given the position of the old village, perched on the hill, made it visible and appreciable from afar, it contains in a few square kilometers typical landscape views of the area, that have helped make it love and appreciate by many foreign tourists who have now made their destination for holidays and stays or even of buen retiro.
History of Cessole
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During the Second World War, during the period of Nazi occupation and the Italian Social Republic, two Jewish families among themselves are found refuge in Cessole, the Luzzatti di Asti and the Germans of Genoa. The rescue came from two families of Cessole, also related to each other: the Ambrostol, who took care of the Luzzatti, and the Brandone, who dealt with the Germans. Despite the rafts, Jewish families survived until they were able to repair in Switzerland.
For this commitment of solidarity, on 19 May 1999, the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem gave the spouses Emilio and Virginia Ambrostolo and Domenico and Luigia Brandone the high honor of the righteous among nations.[4]
Symbols
The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Cessole were granted by the decree of the President of the Republic of 5 June 2001.[5]
- Coat of arms
- Banner
What to see in Cessole
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- Parish Church of N. Ms. Assunta, also known as Santa Maria del Castello, designed by the architect Giacomo del Carretto, student of Filippo Juvarra, presents itself as two superimposed buildings, modeling the Basilica of Assisi. The lower construction houses the oratory of the Brotherhood of Disciplinates, in local dialect Batù, while the superior one constitutes the parish headquarters.
The laying of the first stone dates back to 1779. The building was finished in 1784 and is characterized by an architectural style that can be traced back to the Piedmontese Baroque - Arcades of S. Rocco, under whom, by concession of Federico del Carretto Marquise di Spigno and the Council of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, was held the first market in the Bormida valley, on the first Wednesday of June 1640
- Numerous bell churches scattered in the municipal territory, among which the Madonna della Neve located in the homonymous hamlet, the church of S. Alessandro, located on the right bank of the Bormida river that cuts in two the municipal territory and the church of S. Antonio, located at the top of the old village and in correspondence of the ancient cemetery, of which probably was the church. The basic structure gives the probable origin to the year about 1100.
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Parish Church -
The porticos of San Rocco in Cessole
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[7]
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 17, 1985 | May 28, 1990 | Giuseppe Barbero | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [8] |
| May 28, 1990 | April 24, 1995 | Giuseppe Barbero | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [8] |
| April 24, 1995 | June 14, 1999 | Virgin Bielli | centre-left | Mayor | [8] |
| June 14, 1999 | June 14, 2004 | Virgin Bielli | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| June 14, 2004 | June 8, 2009 | Alessandro Francesco Degemi | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| June 8, 2009 | May 26, 2014 | Alessandro Francesco Degemi | civic list Together for Cessole | Mayor | [8] |
| May 26, 2014 | May 26, 2019 | Alessandro Francesco Degemi | civic list Together for Cessole | Mayor | [8] |
| May 26, 2019 | in office | Pier Augusto Ceretti | civic list Together for Cessole | Mayor | [8] |
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).
- ^ Israel Gutman, Bracha Rivlin and Liliana Picciotto, The righteous of Italy: the non-Jewish who saved Jews, 1943-45, Milan, Mondadori, 2006, pp. 12-14.
- ^ Cessole, decree 2001-06-05 DPR, concession of coat of arms and gonfalone, up Heraldic office - Municipal files, Central State Archives. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
- ^ to b Coat of arms and banner, up Municipality of Cessole. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ 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/
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