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Giarole: sights, history and trails
Alessandria
- Elevation
- 98 m a.s.l.
- Area
- 5.45 km2
- Demonym
- giarolesi
- Patron saint
- Saint James
A closer look
Discovering Giarole
Giarole (I'll tell you. in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 687 inhabitants[1] from the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte, located 15 km south-east of Casale Monferrato.
Origins of the name
The name Giarole comes from the Latin glarea ("ghiaia"), in dialect jara or geriola .Explore this chapter
The name of Giarole comes from the Latin glarea ("gravel"), in dialect already or geriola.[4]
History of Giarole
SymbolsExplore this chapter
The first nucleus of the village of Giarole stood near the Grana stream, in the area between the current church of San Pietro and the local cemetery. From the 12th century, however, with the erection of the Sannazzaro castle, the houses were built more and more close to the fortification for security reasons.
Symbols
The coat of arms and gonfalone of the municipality of Giarole were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 19 January 1976.[5] In the coat of arms, a golden cornucopia is depicted in the green field, filled with silver fruits, accompanied in the left canton of the head by a tower adorned to the Guelph, also of silver. The gonfalone is a drape party of white and yellow.
What to see in Giarole
Castle Sannazzaro · Parish churchExplore this chapter
Castle Sannazzaro
- The castle Sannazzaro[6], commissioned by Frederick Barbarossa in the 12th century. Transformed into a country residence (1854) in neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance style, it retains important underground areas; it is surrounded by a beautiful park; it has a chapel where an altarpiece of the Moncalvo. The manor is part of the "Open Castles" system of Piemonte, is open to the public for guided tours and offers stays.
Parish church
- The parish church of San Pietro Apostolo was built between 1836 and 1840 instead of the previous church of San Sebastiano[7].
Society
Demographic evolutionExplore this chapter
Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[8]
Administration
Below is a table relating to the administrations that have succeeded one another in this municipality.Explore this chapter
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 | 1 June 1990 | Luciano Nebbia | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [9] |
| 1 June 1990 | April 24, 1995 | Luciano Nebbia | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [9] |
| April 24, 1995 | June 14, 1999 | Luciano Nebbia | center | Mayor | [9] |
| June 14, 1999 | June 14, 2004 | Patrizia Gerbi | civic list | Mayor | [9] |
| June 14, 2004 | June 8, 2009 | Renata Zecchino | civic list | Mayor | [9] |
| June 8, 2009 | May 25, 2014 | Renata Zecchino | Civic list: for the future of Giarole | Mayor | [9] |
| May 25, 2014 | May 26, 2019 | Giuseppe Pavese | Lista civica: Uniti per Giarole | Mayor | [9] |
| May 26, 2019 | June 9, 2024 | Giuseppe Pavese | Lista civica: Uniti per Giarole | Mayor | [9] |
| June 9, 2024 | in office | Giuseppe Pavese | Lista civica: Uniti per Giarole | Mayor | [9] |
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).
- ^ Municipality of Giarole, History, up common.giarole.al.it. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Giarole, decree 1976-01-19 DPR, concession of coat of arms and gonfalone, up Central State Archive. Retrieved 3 October 2021 (archived fromoriginal url on 5 August 2023).
- ^ Sannazzaro CastleTM, in Castle Sannazzaro. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Parish Church, S. Peter the Apostle, up artestoria.net. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ 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 the http://amministratori.interno.it/
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