PROVINCE OF ALESSANDRIA

The 'Province of Alessandria' (Italian: ''Provincia di Alessandria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000 and an area of 3,560 km², which forms the south-western part of the region of Piedmont. To the north it borders on the Province of Vercelli and to the west on the provinces of Turin and Asti. It shares its southern border with Liguria (provinces of Savona and Genoa). Its south-west corner touches the Province of Piacenza in Emilia Romagna, while to the east it borders on the Lombard Province of Pavia.
The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria.
There are 190 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link). The main communes by population are the following:

Communes	Population
Alessandria	91,373
Casale Monferrato	35,303
Novi Ligure	28,354
Tortona	26,661
Valenza	20,457
Acqui Terme	20,193
Ovada	11,661
Serravalle Scrivia	6,108
Arquata Scrivia	5,869
Castelnuovo Scrivia	5,572

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Culture

Sacro Monte di Crea

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Map

Culture

Sacro Monte di Crea

The Sacred Mountain of Crea (Italian: ''Sacro Monte di Crea'') is a Roman Catholic Devotional Complex in the ''comune'' of Serralunga di Crea (Montferrat), near Alessandria. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in UNESCO World Heritage list.

Its construction was begun in 1589, around a former Sanctuary of St. Mary whose creation is traditionall attributed St. Eusebius, around 350 AD.

External links

★ Official website

★ Official web site for European Sacred Mounts