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Asti (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 54 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 12 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.2000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Tanaro & Borbera rivers; habitation on the site is very ancient, since the Neolithic period. As a town, founded before the Roman social wars at important crossroads; sacked by Burgundians in 480 CE; flourished as independent commune in 13th cen.; ruled by various lords, then went to Savoy in 1575. |
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Piemonte (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Asti (province) (P) |
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Asti (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient Roman colony |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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established in 932 CE |
| market center (C) |
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noted for fruits & fine wines, especially Asti spumante |
| industrial center (C) |
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for food canning, making of chemicals, metallurgy, brickmaking & glassworks |
| archaeological site (C) |
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has Roman remains, including part of a gate & many inscriptions, though most of ancient fortifications are no longer extant |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for architecture & art museums, & as birthplace of tragedian & poet Vittorio Alfieri (born 1749) |
| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Neolithic (H) |
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