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Gremiasco: sights, history and trails

Alessandria

Elevation: 400 m above sea level
Area: 17.38 km²
Demonym: gremiasches
Patron saint: Saint James

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Discovering Gremiasco

Gremiasco (Gremiasch in the dialect of the city, Gremiasco in Liguria) is an Italian municipality of 275 inhabitants^[2] from the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte.

Landscape and area

The municipality is located on the right of the Curone stream.Explore this chapter

The municipality is located on the right of the Curone stream.

History of Gremiasco

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Feed of the Malaspina, of the Fieschi and Doria families (1565), passed under the protectorate of the Savoy in 1735, while maintaining its autonomy with the Doria Pamphili Landi princes, and became a municipality in 1818. During the fascist period it was incorporated into the municipality of San Sebastiano Curone.

Symbols

The coat of arms and gonfalone were granted with DPR on 29 August 1986.^[5]

"Party: in the first, of red, to the tree rooted, natural, surmounted by the three ears of wheat, held with gold; in the second, of blue, to the medieval tower of Grumiasco, to the natural, founded on the golden plain and surmounted by the shield of red, to the band of gold, accompanied by two lilies of the same; to the star of six rays, of gold, placed in the head. Exterior ornaments from the Municipality.»

In the shield above the tower is reproduced the coat of arms of the Colombassi family. They are then represented: a tree and ears, symbolizing the activities of the valley; the medieval tower present in the center of the country; a star representing religious faith.^[6] The gonfalone is a blue and red drape.

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 12, 1985	May 28, 1990	Giulio Rocca	Italian Socialist Party	Mayor	^[7]
May 28, 1990	April 24, 1995	Giulio Rocca	Italian Socialist Party	Mayor	^[7]
April 24, 1995	June 14, 1999	Pier Emilio Raffo	centre-left	Mayor	^[7]
June 14, 1999	June 14, 2004	Pier Emilio Raffo	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
June 14, 2004	June 7, 2009	Germano Giovanni Nuvione	civic list	Mayor	^[7]
June 8, 2009	May 25, 2014	Germano Giovanni Nuvione	Civic list: two grain ears	Mayor	^[7]
May 25, 2014	May 26, 2019	Umberto Dallocchio	list: Gremiasco viva	Mayor	^[7]
May 26, 2019	June 9, 2024	Umberto Dallocchio	list: Gremiasco viva	Mayor	^[7]
June 9, 2024	in office	Germano Giovanni Nuvione	Civic list: Three grain spikes with handshake	Mayor	^[7]

Other administrative information

The commune was part of the Community Montana Valli Curone Grue and Ossona.

Society

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Demographic evolution

In the last hundred years, as of 1921, the resident population has decreased by 67 %.

Inhabitants registered^[8]

What to see in Gremiasco

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Parish church

The parish church was rebuilt in 1697 on a pre-existing Romanesque church. The interior is a unique nave with side chapels, in Baroque style. On one side of the current apse, there is still the Romanesque apse, made of stone, once used as a storage room and today, restored, used for the custody of the Blessed Sacrament.

Example of gremiaschese dialect

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Pôre nòstru, that t'jé int'u sjé, c'u tò nòme u sèja sèmpre sauntu; c'u véna u tò régnu; c'u va tüttu cmè che t'vö téi, int'u sjé e int'a teara aséi. And there shall be the débti cmè nujôtri a i lasm'andô a quèj g'i g'aun da dône a nui. Mèttne méja in tentasiou but vôrdne to and from mô. And there's seja pareds.