Pontestura
Pontestura (in Piedmontese Pont da Stura) is a commune with a population of 1,539 in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located on the right bank of the Po River about east of Turin and about west of Casale Monferrato and borders the following municipalities: Camino, Casale Monferrato, Cereseto, Coniolo, Morano sul Po, Ozzano Monferrato, Serralunga di Crea, and Solonghello.
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Pontestura is a small commune in northwestern Italy's Piedmont region, located along the Po River between Turin and Casale Monferrato, with about 1,500 residents. While modest in size, it represents one of Italy's many historic municipalities that dot the Po Valley landscape and serve as part of the region's local administrative structure.
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- 1485
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- 31 December 2010
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Pontestura (in Piedmontese Pont da Stura) is a commune with a population of 1,539 in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located on the right bank of the Po River about east of Turin and about west of Casale Monferrato and borders the following municipalities: Camino, Casale Monferrato, Cereseto, Coniolo, Morano sul Po, Ozzano Monferrato, Serralunga di Crea, and Solonghello.
John IV, Marquis of Montferrat from 1445 to 1464, was born in the castle of Pontestura in 1413.