Alessandria holds 8 places documented in this archive, among them Alexandria, Alexandria Cathedral – Cathedral of Saints Peter and Mark and Borsalino — Il Cappello di Alessandria.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Alessandria, Italy: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
The dates cited by the entries run from 1168 to 1900: 732 years of building, readable in one city.
Origins and history
The dates cited by the entries we hold for Alessandria run from 1168 to 1900, across 8 documented places. The oldest is Alexandria, 1168.
Key facts
- Country: Italy
- Region: Piedmont
- Places in this archive: 8
- Centre of the documented entries: 44.9105°N, 8.6230°E
Places documented in Alessandria
- Alexandria — Founded in 1168 as a Lombard League stronghold, Alexandria emerged from three rural settlements united against imperial power.
- Alexandria Cathedral – Cathedral of Saints Peter and Mark — The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Mark is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, and the sea
- Borsalino — Il Cappello di Alessandria — In 1857 Giuseppe Borsalino opened a hat workshop on the edge of Alessandria with a single apprentice and a rented machine. By 1900 his facto
- Giuseppe Borsalino hat museum — The Giuseppe Borsalino Hat Museum in Alessandria, Piedmont, celebrates the legacy of Italy's — and the world's — most celebrated felt hat ma
- Marengo Museum – Marengo Castle Park — The Marengo Museum occupies the historic Villa San Giuliano within Marengo Castle Park, near Spinetta Marengo in the Province of Alessandria
- Sale d'Arte — Medieval frescoes of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, among Italy's oldest Arthurian paintings, displayed in Alessandria's hi
- Science Theater and Planetarium — The Science Theater and Planetarium of Alessandria is an educational cultural institution in Alessandria, Piedmont, dedicated to the public
- Synagogue of Alexandria — The Synagogue of Alessandria is a historic Jewish house of worship in the city of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Bui
What is on in Alessandria
- Save Borsalino — 4 April 2018 — 5 May 2018
- Premio Augusto Monti 2020. Concorso nazionale di poesia e narrativa: Guido Gozzano — 1 March 2020 — 15 July 2020
- Birth Anniversary: Giuseppe Demachi — June 7, 1732 — 7 June 2027
Sources
The entries listed above are the source of the counts, the names and the position on this page.
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