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Rivalta Bormida: sights, history and trails
Alessandria
- Elevation
- 140 m above sea level
- Area
- 10.05 km²
- Demonym
- rivalries
- Patron saint
- San Domenico
A closer look
Discovering Rivalta Bormida
Rivalta Bormida (Arváuta in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 1 345 inhabitants[1] from the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. It is located 130 meters above sea level. and extends for approximately 1000 hectares.
Origins of the name
The name is already attested in 985 ( Ripa alta ), so in 1191 we find Ripalta Vallis Burmide and, in the same year, Castri de Rivalta de valle Burraie . It's the name...Explore this chapter
The name is already attested in 985 (Ripa alta), so in 1191 we find Ripalta Vallis Burmide and, in the same year, Castri de Rivalta de valle Burraie. It takes its name from one "high bank", bank elevated compared to the Bormida river that runs alongside it.
History of Rivalta Bormida
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- 1216 - Rivalta Bormida is established as a "Free Municipality"
- 1331 - Submits autonomously to Marchesato del Monferrato
- 1487 - After countless sales and purchases, the territory ends up in the hands of the marquises of Maranzana
- From 1331 until 1708 - Funge da fort of border between the Marchesato del Monferrato and that of Milan
In the Marchesato Aleramico was held suffeudo by Monferrato by Pietro Tibaldeschi (5 April 1477), Pietrine Bobba (27 March 1489), Constantine Comneno, Prince of Thessaly (24 February 1492), Mercury Arborio Gattinara (14 March 1521), who left her daughter Elisa Arborio Gattinara wife of Count Alexander of Lignana, Mrs. of Settimo (25 July 1529). Fabrizio, his great-grandson, was invested with the committee (9 April 1637); his daughter Barbara handed her to the sons Giovanni Battista and Mercurino di Sannazzaro (13 July 1679), whose descendants sold on 2 May 1680, for 62,000 lire in Milan, the fief to Giacomo Ottaviano Ghilini, marquis of Maranzana
- 1797 - Loss of the fiefdom by the marquises of Maranzana due to the extinction of feudal rights.
Symbols
- Coat of arms
(Presidential Decree 14 December 1956)
The wavy band of silver symbolizes the Bormida.
What to see in Rivalta Bormida
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In Rivalta there are two monuments to the fallen and two tombstones, one in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi and the other in honour of Giuseppe Baretti.
(Plaque in memory of Giuseppe Baretti)
(Plaque in memory of Giuseppe Garibaldi)
Castle
The rival castrum has a quadrangular shape with orthogonal contrade streets. From the entrance to the old town there is a terracotta parade of the ancient walls, in the past bounded by the four corner towers that served as defense to the two gates of access (the door of the Gardenes to the South and the door of the Long Contrada to the East) of which remains only a trunk of the century. XIV.
Among the buildings of historical importance in the centre of Rivalta are:
- Palazzo Bovio della Torre (now the seat of the parish house)
- Palazzo Bruni (which today houses a restaurant and large exhibition spaces)
- Palazzo Lignana di Gattinara (sixteenth-XVIII), ancient residence of the feudal lords of Rivalta and current exhibition center of the Elisabeth de Rothschild Foundation.
- Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[4]
Culture
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Events
The Pro Loco organizes several festivals during the summer period, including the famous "Rosticciata" which for more than forty years takes place on the last Saturday of July and the festival of the zucchini, typical vegetable of the country, during the festivities of the patron saint San Domenico, on August 4.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1985 | March 21, 1990 | Giovanni Abrile | Italian Communist Party | Mayor | [5] |
| May 21, 1990 | April 24, 1995 | Giovanni Gerolamo Briata | Christian Democracy | Mayor | [5] |
| April 24, 1995 | June 14, 1999 | Gian Franco Ferraris | centre-left | Mayor | [5] |
| June 14, 1999 | June 14, 2004 | Gian Franco Ferraris | civic list | Mayor | [5] |
| June 15, 2004 | June 8, 2009 | Domenico Valter Ottria | civic list | Mayor | [5] |
| June 8, 2009 | May 26, 2014 | Domenico Valter Ottria | civic list Insieme per Rivalta | Mayor | [5] |
| May 26, 2014 | July 14, 2014 | Domenico Valter Ottria | civic list Insieme per Rivalta | Mayor | [5] |
| July 14, 2014 | May 31, 2015 | Claudio Pronzato | civic list Insieme per Rivalta | Deputy Regent | [5] |
| May 31, 2015 | September 20, 2020 | Claudio Pronzato | civic list Together for Rivalta bell tower | Mayor | [5] |
| September 20, 2020 | in office | Claudio Pronzato | Civic list Campanile together for Rivalta | Mayor | [5] |
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).
- ^ 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 j http://amministratori.interno.it/
Bibliography
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- Rivalta Bormida, family roots, work, Acts of the national conference, Rivalta Bormida, 6 September 1997, Rivalta Bormida, Edizioni Dell'Orso, 1997.
- Carlo Prosperi, Gian Luigi Rapetti and Bovio della Torre, Rivalta Bormida. Life and events of a villanova from the origins to the end of the 18th century, Publishing Impressioni Grafiche.
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