| Viguzzolo | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Piedmont | |
| Territory | Piedmontese Po Valley | |
| Altitude | 128 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 18.31 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 3.261 (year 2010) | |
| Name inhabitants | Viguzzolesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0131 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 15058 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8 September) | |
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Viguzzolo is a center of the Piedmont.
To know
Geographical notes
In Tortonese, on the border with Lombardy ofOltrepò Pavese, is 5 km from Tortona, 6 from Volpedo, 15 from Voghera, 10 from Salice Terme, 23 from Novi Ligure, 27 from Alexandria, 30 from Varzi.
Background
From the Latin word vicus the name Viguzzolo derives from the town, a small village that probably formed around the parish church on a site that had already seen Roman settlements.
Already mentioned in documents of the 9th century, it was a free municipality and in 1278 obtained Tortonese citizenship, a concession that indicates that the town had reached a certain economic and political importance in the Tortona territory. He entered with Tortona in the Visconti possessions. With the advent of the Sforza, he was forced into public submission, under the threat of destruction. The act of submission was repaid partly with the granting of rights to the waters of the Curone and the Grue and with the honor of the title of Famous village. Granted in fief to the Fogliani of Piacenza in 1468, it remained with this family even after the passage to the Savoy.
How to orient yourself
Viguzzolo: full screen map.How to get
By car
- Tollbooth of Tortona which gives access to the A7 motorways
Milan - Genoa and A21 
Turin - Brescia. - It is crossed by the provincial road 99
Tortona - Rivanazzano Terme.
On the train
Railway station a Tortona on the lines Alexandria - Piacenza is Tortona - Genoa.
Railway station a How to get around
What see
Parish church of Santa Maria in Viguzzolo
- 1 Parish church of Santa Maria, ☎ 39 339 5928679.
Every second Sunday of the month from May to September, 16.00-19.00 hours and in other seasons by reservation. The parish church of Santa Maria is undoubtedly the most important monument in Viguzzolo. It is a simple Romanesque construction, with three naves, with three semicircular apses and a double sloping roof. The façade, decorated with hanging arches divided irregularly by pilasters, has a round arched door, and a circular eye probably built in a later period as the small bell gable. Inside, the naves are divided into four bays of quadrangular pillars with leaning and opposing semi-columns. In the right aisle there is access to the crypt consisting of three small naves marked by columns and stone capitals that support cross vaults. It preserves a wooden crucifix from the second half of the sixteenth century attributable to the canons of the Piedmontese-Lombard school. The head of the Christ is movable and rotates on a pin that was once hidden by his beard and real hair. - 2 Parish Church of the Assumption. The church is an extension (1598-1603) of the oratory of San Bartolomeo. The Baroque facade has a portal with a broken tympanum; the interior with three naves preserves a high altar from the church of San Marziano in Tortona.
- 3 Monastery of the Annunziata. The building dates back to the 15th century; it hosted nuns of the order and rule of Sant'Agostino and was suppressed in 1770 by Pope Clement XIV. Today it is the town hall, the schools and the civic library.
- 4 Oratory of Sant'Antonio. Seat of the Confraternity of the Holy Trinity, it preserves a valuable eighteenth-century Roccatagliata organ. A slender bell tower flanks the church. Legend has it that Sant'Antonio, to whom the oratory is dedicated, appeared in a dream to the town sexton urged him to wake up the villagers and to alert them on the occasion of the disastrous fire that destroyed the town in 1427.
- 5 Oratory of the Beata Vergine del Gonfalone. The church is the seat of the homonymous Confraternity which houses the statue of the Madonna del Gonfalone; the fresco of Nursing Madonna brings the sbraghi procured to the painting by the bayonets of the Napoleonic soldiers who sacked the building. The oratory houses a precious Mentasti organ.
Every second Sunday of the month from May to September, 16.00-19.00 hours and in other seasons by reservation. The parish church of Santa Maria is undoubtedly the most important monument in Viguzzolo. It is a simple Romanesque construction, with three naves, with three semicircular apses and a double sloping roof. The façade, decorated with hanging arches divided irregularly by pilasters, has a round arched door, and a circular eye probably built in a later period as the small bell gable. Inside, the naves are divided into four bays of quadrangular pillars with leaning and opposing semi-columns. In the right aisle there is access to the crypt consisting of three small naves marked by columns and stone capitals that support cross vaults. It preserves a wooden crucifix from the second half of the sixteenth century attributable to the canons of the Piedmontese-Lombard school. The head of the Christ is movable and rotates on a pin that was once hidden by his beard and real hair.Events and parties
- New Year's concert. One of the first days of the year. Admission is free of charge and the proceeds are donated to charity. Organized by the municipal administration, the New Year's concert is consolidating as a deeply felt tradition.
- Feast of Sant'Antonio. The Sunday before or after January 19th, Sant'Antonio. In addition to the traditional blessing of the animals, stalls of local handicraft food products are organized.
- Bisgulè Carnival (Great Viguzzolese Carnival), Idle of Liberty. Shrove Tuesday.. Party in the square, bands, polenta, salamini and good wine.
- Spring manifestations. May and June. The most numerous events open in the summer months: guided tours of the Romanesque church, hobby markets, typical products and tastings, games for children and cultural events in collaboration with local associations and the pro loco.
- Peach heart, Colle di San Bartolome. Last Sunday of July. The festival is dedicated to fishing which represents the precious fruit produced in the area. It is held at the height of the fruit production season and offers the tasting of peach-based dishes, including the renowned risotto with peach, as well as a dance evening.
- San Bartolomeo al Colle, Street of Montecanino. From Friday to Sunday of the weekend next to the saint's day (24 August). It is held at the homonymous church on the hills of Viguzzolo, and is a three-day event for children, entertainment shows, dance evenings, gastronomic tables.
- Festival of the Madonna del Gonfalone. Second Sunday of September. Patronal festival animated by exhibitions, shows, shows, games, rides. At the same time the Agricultural fair The scarecrow.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Agriturismo Cascina Maddalena, locality Zuccalà 1, ☎ 39 0131 875146.
- 2 Bar Trattoria Commercio, via Circonvallazione 17, ☎ 39 0131 898746.
- Il tiratardi restaurant pizzeria, via 1 ° Maggio 83, ☎ 39 0131 899440.
Where stay
Safety
Pharmacy
- 1 Ash, Via 1 Maggio, 67, ☎ 39 0131 898024.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 2 Italian post, via Tortona 34, ☎ 39 0131 898040, fax: 39 0131 898040.
Around
- Tortona - City of ancient origin, it has always been a crossroads of trade and commerce. Its historic center has the elegance and sobriety of Piedmontese cities with Lombard influences.
- Volpedo - It preserves a valuable Romanesque church, as well as many memories of the painter Pellizza da Volpedo.
- Salice Terme - A large Art Nouveau-style Hotel delle Terme, surrounded by a large planted park, celebrated the success that the spa had in the twenties-thirties-forties of the twentieth century. The Hotel is now closed; the thermal baths, on the other hand, continue their activity profitably, which has been the driving force behind the building development of Salice which has equipped itself with hotels, restaurants, swimming pools for the use of curative tourism of which it has become a destination.
- Voghera - Main center not only of the Val Staffora, but the capital of allOltrepò Pavese, the city remembers with its elegant urban layout, with its sober Piedmontese architecture, its long Savoy membership.
