Alba, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Alba is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. It is one of the main cities in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. The town is famous for its white truffle and wine production. The confectionery group Ferrero is based there. The city joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in October 2017.

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History Alba's origins date from before the Roman civilization, connected probably to the presence of Celtic and Ligurian tribes in the area.

The modern town occupies the site of ancient Alba Pompeia, the name given after being officially recognised as a town by the Roman consul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo while constructing a road from Aquae Statiellae (Acqui) to Augusta Taurinorum (Turin). Alba was the birthplace of Publius Helvius Pertinax, briefly Roman emperor in 193.

After the fall of the Western Empire, the city was repeatedly sacked by Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Byzantines, Lombards, Franks, Hungarians and Saracens. In the 11th century it became a free commune (or city-state) and was a member of the Lombard League. Montferrat and the Visconti fought over the town; later it became a possession of the Gonzaga. Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy conquered it twice, while later France and Spain battled for its possession. The Treaty of Cherasco (1631) assigned Alba definitively to Savoy. During Napoleonic Wars, it was part of the Republic of Alba (1796) and of the Subalpine Republic, both French clients, before being annexed to the French Empire in 1802. It was an arrondissement centre in firstly Tanaro department between 1802 and 1805, later in Stura one between 1805 and 1814 before liberation by Austrian troops. It was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia (Duchy of Savoy's name after gaining Sardinia in 1720) in 1814.

Alba won a Gold Medal for Military Valour for the heroic activity of its citizens in the Italian resistance movement during the course of World War II. On 10 October 1944, the town was liberated by partisans who established a Republic of Alba which for a few weeks was able to maintain its independence from the Fascist Republic of Salรฒ. The republic lasted until 2 November 1944, when the Republic of Salo retook it. French troops finally liberated it on 2 May 1945.

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Geography Approximately located at about 50ย km from the cities of Turin and Cuneo, Alba is placed on the right side of the river Tanaro. The climate is typically more drought than in other lands at the north of the Po river.

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Tourist Industry Of the Roman city, which had a polygonal form, parts of the fortified gate and remains of some edifices with marble and mosaics can still be seen.

Other attractions include: โ€ข Palazzo Comunale (13th century): city hall housing a Nativity (1501) by Macrino d'Alba. โ€ข City towers (14th and 15th centuries): Alba was once known as the "City with hundred towers". โ€ข Duomo of San Lorenzo (12th-century): Roman Catholic cathedral built in Romanesque style, probably atop an Ancient Roman temple. It was restructured multiple times over the centuries, starting in the 15th century in a reconstruction patronized by bishop Andrea Novelli. The current appearance derives from a controversial 19th-century restoration; however, the three portals and the crypt remain from the original edifice. The church is well known for its wood-carved choir made in 1512 by Bernardino Fossati. The current belfry, from the 12th century, includes the original bell tower entirely. โ€ข San Domenico (13th-14th centuries): Gothic architecture church housing much of the most salient sacred artworks in town. It has a noteworthy portal with a triple arch within a pointed arch, a polygonal apse, and traces of Renaissance frescoes. During the Napoleonic Wars it was used a stable, but reconsecrated on 22 June 1827. โ€ข St John the Baptist (San Giovanni Battista): Baroque architecture church housing a Madonna of the Graces (1377) by Barnaba da Modena and a Madonna with Saints (1508) by Macrino d'Alba. โ€ข Santa Maria Maddalena (late-18th century): small late-Baroque church designed by Bernardo Antonio Vittone and housing the relics of Blessed Margaret of Savoy.

The city museums include the Federico Eusebio Civic Museum of Archaeology and Natural Sciences.

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Economy In addition to traditional agriculture, Alba is a very important centre of wine. In the area of Alba, in fact, there are 290 wineries that cultivate an area of 700 hectares (1,700 acres) of land, producing an average of 61,200 hL of wine annually.

The wines of Alba are among the most renowned in Italy and are divided into: โ€ข DOC: Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo. โ€ข DOCG: Barbaresco, Barolo, Moscato.

The city has a thriving economy, boasting the confectionery industry's world-renowned Ferrero, the publishing house Societร  San Paolo and the textile firm Miroglio.

The town also houses the largest cooperative credit bank of Italy, by number of partners, the Banca d'Alba, and the international food chain Eataly. UniEuro, the Italian chain of stores specialising in household electrical appliances and acquired by Dixons Retail in 2002, was also established in Alba.

Alba is also famous worldwide for its white truffles, and its annual Truffle Festival.

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Sport The town's football club, A.S.D. Albese Calcio has been in existence since 1917.

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Alba, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy 
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Alba has a population of over 31,215 people. Alba also forms one of the centres of the wider Cuneo Province which has a population of over 590,309 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Alba see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Alba is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Gastronomy see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Alba has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Arlon, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Banskรก Bystrica, Slovak Republic ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Beausoleil, France ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Bรถblingen, Germany ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Giresun, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Medford, USA ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Sant Cugat del Vallรจs, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Sastre, Argentina
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Gastronomy include: ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Afyonkarasihar ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Alba ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Arequipa ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Battambang ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Belรฉm ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Belo Horizonte ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Bendigo ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bergamo ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Bergen ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Buenaventura ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Burgos ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chaozhou ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chengdu ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Cochabamba ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Dรฉnia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Ensenada ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Florianรณpolis ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Fribourg ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Gangneung ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Gaziantep ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Hatay ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Heraklion ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hermanus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Hyderabad ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Iloilo City ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Jeonju ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macao ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mรฉrida ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Nkongsamba ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ร–stersund ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Overstrand Hermanus ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama City ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Paraty ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Parma ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Phuket ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Popayรกn ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Portoviejo ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Rasht ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Antonio ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Shunde ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tsuruoka ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Tucson ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Yangzhou ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Zahlรฉ
See Also: ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Alba Iulia, Alba County, Transylvania, Romania | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Albano Laziale, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio Region, Italy | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Albany, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Albany, California, United States | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Albany, Georgia, United States | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Albany, Kentucky, United States | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Albany, New York, United States | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Albany, Oregon, United States | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Albany, Western Australia, Australia | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Albardรณn, San Juan Province, Argentina | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Albavilla, Province of Como, Lombardy, Italy | ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Albay, Bicol Region, Philippines

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