Atlas of Monferrato
Piovera: sights, history and trails
Alessandria
- Elevation
- 86 m asl.
- Area
- 15.65 km²
- Patron saint
- Saint Michael
A closer look
Discovering Piovera
Pià ̈re (Piòv in Piedmont) was an Italian municipality of 789 inhabitants province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. On January 1, 2018 it merged with Alluvioni Cambiò to form the new municipality of Alluvioni Piovera.
History of Piovera
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Symbols
The coat of arms of the municipality of Piovera had been granted by decree of the President of the Republic of 4 April 2007.[4]
The gonfalone is a drape party of white and green.
What to see in Piovera
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Civil Monuments
The castle of Piovera, already owned by the Visconti in the fourteenth century[5], it subsequently passed to the Spanish general Alvaro de Sande in 1566, being elevated to marquisate in 1573, then, through two subsequent sales, to the Italian-Iberian family of the Omodei in 1615, and finally to the Balbi of the Republic of Genoa in 1651.[6]
It holds mourning parts for Napoleon Bonaparte's death. From the 1960s 1900 the castle passes to Count Niccolò Calvi of Bergolo who decides to open the rooms to the public. It houses art laboratories and is inserted in the system of "Open Castles" of Basso Piemonte.
Religious monuments
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- The church of San Michele Arcangelo
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[7]
Infrastructure and transport
Between 1880 and 1933 the municipality was served by the tramway Alessandria-Sale .Explore this chapter
Between 1880 and 1933 the municipality was served by the tramway Alessandria-Sale.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 17, 1985 | 1 June 1990 | Marco Bologna | Italian Socialist Party | Mayor | [8] |
| 1 June 1990 | April 24, 1995 | Marco Bologna | Italian Socialist Party | Mayor | [8] |
| April 24, 1995 | June 14, 1999 | Marco Bologna | centre-left | Mayor | [8] |
| June 14, 1999 | June 14, 2004 | Marco Bologna | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| June 14, 2004 | June 8, 2009 | Renzo Pagella | Democratic Union for Consumers | Mayor | [8] |
| June 8, 2009 | 9 January 2014 | Renzo Pagella | Civic list: democratic union Piovera | Mayor | [8] |
| May 26, 2014 | December 31, 2017 | Enrico Boccaleri | civic list: democratic union | Mayor | [8] |
Notes
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- ^ rain Date Istat - Resident population as of 31 December 2010.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Piovera (Alessandria) D.P.R. 04.04.2007 concession of coat of arms and rubber, up Presidency.governo.it. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ The plain castle in Piovera, up castledipiovera.it.
- ^ Antonio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño, "El catálogo de la nobleza. Títulos y feudos en la Lombardía during el reinado de Felipe IV", in José Ignacio Fortea Pérez et alii, Monarquías en conflicto: Linajes y noblezas en la articulación de la monarquía hispánica, Madrid, Fundación Española de Historia Moderna – Universidad de Cantabria, 2020, pp. 301-328 (310-311).
- ^ 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 http://amministratori.interno.it/