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Terzo: sights, history and trails
Alessandria
- Elevation
- 222 m above sea level
- Area
- 8.8 km2
- Demonym
- third parties
- Patron saint
- San Maurizio martire
A closer look
Discovering Terzo
Terzo (Ters in Piedmont) is an Italian municipality of 813 inhabitants[1] from the province of Alessandria in the Piemonte, located on the left bank of the Bormida river.
From the top of the tower (up to 25 meters high and built between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) you can enjoy the landscape that opens onto the valleys of the rivers Erro and Bormida.
Of this structure - inserted in the system of "Open Castles" of Basso Piemonte - only the late-medioeval tower remains. It was fortification of the bishops of Acqui Terme.
Origins of the name
The name of Terzo derives from the Latin Ad tertium lapidem ("three milestones"), since it was at the distance of three Roman miles (about 3 km), from the city of Aquae...Explore this chapter
The name of Terzo derives from Latin To tertium lapidem ("at three milestones"), since it was located at the distance of three Roman miles (about 3 km), from the city of Aquae Statiellae (Acqui Terme) on the Via Aemilia Scauri which linked the latter to Dertona (Tortona) and to Gaul.
In some texts it still appears as Terzo d'Acqui. This toponym is actually erroneous, in fact it refers to the period in which, with a royal decree of 20 December 1928, the king of Italy Vittorio Emanuele III aggregated the municipality of Terzo to that of Acqui Terme. The municipality of Terzo, renamed in that period Terzo d'Acqui, became to all intents and purposes a fraction of the spa town. Subsequently, with the Decree of the Provisional Head of State, published on 11 November 1947, and which came into force the following day, Terzo was reconstituted as a Municipality and, with the title, regained its original name.
History of Terzo
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Symbols
The pastoral recalls the dominion of the bishop of Acqui; the milestone with the Roman figure III recalls the probable origin of the name of the village; the 14th century tower, today only rest of the castle that dominated the valley of Bormida and Erro.[4][6]
The gonfalone is a truncated drape of blue and yellow.
Society
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Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered[7]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 28, 1989 | 7 November 1992 | Eliana Barabino | - | Mayor | [8] |
| 7 November 1992 | 5 June 1993 | Giuseppe Emilio Baldizzone | Italian Socialist Party | Mayor | [8] |
| June 15, 1993 | April 28, 1997 | Vittorio Grillo | Northern League | Mayor | [8] |
| April 28, 1997 | May 14, 2001 | Vittorio Grillo | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| May 22, 2001 | May 30, 2006 | Angelo Arata | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| May 30, 2006 | May 16, 2011 | Vittorio Giovanni Grillo | civic list | Mayor | [8] |
| May 16, 2011 | 6 June 2016 | Vittorio Giovanni Grillo | list: tower civic | Mayor | [8] |
| 6 June 2016 | October 3, 2021 | Vittorio Giovanni Grillo | list: tower civic | Mayor | [8] |
| October 3, 2021 | in office | Maurizio Solferini | Civic list: #per Terzo | Mayor | [8] |
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).
- ^ to b Terzo, up araldicacivica.it. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ I do. Municipal statute, in art. 4 c. 2, instead reports the details of the concession decree no. 2651 of 07/20/1982.
- ^ History, up Municipality of Terzo.
- ^ 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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