Moncalvo
Sign in to saveMoncalvo is a village and comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northeast of Asti on the national road SS 547 which links Asti to Casale Monferrato and Vercelli. Historically it was part of the state of Montferrat and was of particular importance during the early years of the Paleologi period of the marquisate. Its best-known inhabitants were the Baroque painter Guglielmo Caccia and ‘La Bella Rosin’, King Victor Emmanuel II’s favourite mistress and eventually wife.
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Moncalvo is a small village in the Piedmont region of northern Italy that holds historical significance as a former part of the medieval state of Montferrat. The village is notable as the birthplace of Baroque painter Guglielmo Caccia and for its connection to "La Bella Rosin," a woman who became the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II.
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- Italian comune.name
- Moncalvo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Moncalvo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Moncalvo-teatro_civico3.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Moncalvo
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Moncalvo-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.province
- Asti (AT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Castellino, Patro, Santa Maria, Gessi, Stazione
- Italian comune.mayor
- Diego Musumeci
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 17.7
- Italian comune.population_total
- 2967
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 October 2017
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Moncalvo is a village and comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northeast of Asti on the national road SS 547 which links Asti to Casale Monferrato and Vercelli. Historically it was part of the state of Montferrat and was of particular importance during the early years of the Paleologi period of the marquisate. Its best-known inhabitants were the Baroque painter Guglielmo Caccia and ‘La Bella Rosin’, King Victor Emmanuel II’s favourite mistress and eventually wife.
Moncalvo borders the following municipalities: Alfiano Natta, Castelletto Merli, Cereseto, Grana, Grazzano Badoglio, Ottiglio, Penango, and Ponzano Monferrato.