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Country
  
Elevation
  
440 m (1,440 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Saturday 11:04 PM

Dialling code
  
0131

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Demonym(s)
  
Fabbricacuronesi

Area
  
54 km²

Postal code
  
15050

Region
  
Fabbrica Curone

Frazioni
  
Caldirola, Forotondo, Selvapiana, Garadassi, Montecapraro, Salogni, Bruggi, Lunassi, Pareto, Morigliassi

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 47% Humidity

Fabbrica Curone (Piedmontese: Frògna) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the upper valley of the Curone stream, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast of Turin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Alessandria.

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Map of 15054 Fabbrica Curone Province of Alessandria, Italy

Fabbrica Curone borders the following municipalities: Albera Ligure, Cabella Ligure, Gremiasco, Montacuto, Santa Margherita di Staffora, Varzi, and Zerba.

History

A possession of the Abbey of San Colombano of Bobbio, it received a castle and was under the bishops of Tortona after 1157. Later it was an imperial fief under the Malaspina, who held it until 1797.

Main sights

  • Pieve of Santa Maria Assunta, a Romanesque edifice with a stone portal surmounted by a Romanesque lunette.
  • Museum of the Peasant Civilization, in the frazione of Lunassi.
  • The other frazione of Caldirola, elevation 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) is a ski resort.

    References

    Fabbrica Curone Wikipedia


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