San Salvatore Monferrato | |
Official Name: | Comune di San Salvatore Monferrato |
Coordinates: | 44.995°N 8.5669°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Alessandria (AL) |
Frazioni: | Fosseto, Frescondino, Piazzolo, Salcido, Valdolenga, Valparolo |
Mayor: | Enrico Beccaria |
Area Total Km2: | 31.65 |
Population Footnotes4 Important People: | Natalia Bergamasco |
Population Total: | 4261 |
Population As Of: | 30 November 2017[1] |
Population Demonym: | Sansalvatoresi |
Elevation M: | 205 |
Postal Code: | 15046 |
Area Code: | 0131 |
San Salvatore Monferrato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70km (40miles) east of Turin and about 10km (10miles) northwest of Alessandria.
The tower of the Paleologi was erected for Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat.
Other sights include the 16th century churches of San Martino e San Siro. the communal cemetery of the town is home to the grave of Paolo Provera, surnamed Tantasà, an example of outsider art.
Eugenio "Gene" Guglielmi (1947 -), a beat folksinger.