Atlas of Monferrato

Cuccaro Monferrato: sights, history and trails

Alessandria

Elevation: 232 m above sea level
Area: 5.22 km2
Patron saint: St. Apollonia

A closer look

Discovering Cuccaro Monferrato

Cùccaro Monferrato (Cures in Piedmontese, Chicris in local dialect) was an Italian municipality of 324 inhabitants province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. Since 1 February 2019 it has merged with the neighboring municipality of Lu to form the new municipality of Lu and Cuccaro Monferrato.

Placed on a dorsal that connects it to the neighbor Lu, was already inhabited in the Middle Ages. Cuccaro is mainly a center of agricultural and tourist activities linked, in particular, to the production of wine.

History of Cuccaro Monferrato

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Historical research carried out especially since the early nineteenth century thanks to the work of scholars such as Gian Francesco Galeani Napione and in recent years from the Centro Studi Colombiani Monferrini (promotor of three conferences in 1999, 2006 and 2017 in the presence of Italian and foreign scholars, among which many university professors), want that members of the family of Cristoforo Colombo have resided in Cuccaro Monferrato.
A museum dedicated to the family Colombo di Cuccaro was also built in the village.

Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Cuccaro had been granted with D.P.R. of 29 July 1993.^[4]

"From blue, to three silver doves, to the lowered bordura of gold. Motto: Fides Spes Caritas. External ornaments from the Municipality.»

The town had adopted, brised by a border, the coat of arms of Columbus, ancient feudal lords and lords of Cuccaro, Mottagrana, Treville, Conzano, Bidesco, Ozzano (Monferrato), Castellengo, Ricaldone, Rocchetta Palafea.^[5]

The gonfalone was a white drape.

What to see in Cuccaro Monferrato

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Church of the Assumption of Our Lady
Church of the Madonna della Neve: located in the original and highest part of the village called "Montalto" and accessible through a steep road, the small and white church of the Madonna della Neve is easily visible surrounded by trees on the back that leads to Lu Monferrato. The current construction is of the first half of the nineteenth century, although already here there was a small church that remains traced in the registers of the parish priest of the country since the 18th century.

Society

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Demographic evolution

In the last hundred years, starting from 1921, the resident population has been is reduced by 75 %.

Inhabitants registered^[6]

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
6 June 1985	May 25, 1990	Happy Porec	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[7]
May 25, 1990	April 24, 1995	Happy Porec	Christian Democracy	Mayor	^[7]
April 24, 1995	June 14, 1999	Happy Porec	center	Mayor	^[7]
June 14, 1999	June 14, 2004	Pier Giuseppe Brusasco	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
June 14, 2004	June 8, 2009	Pier Giuseppe Brusasco	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
June 8, 2009	May 26, 2014	Fabio Bellinaso	civic list: Cuccaro in vita	Mayor	^[7]
May 26, 2014	January 31, 2019	Fabio Bellinaso	civic list: Cuccaro in vita	Mayor	^[7]