Ceva

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Ceva
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Ceva (Italy)
Ceva
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Cuneo  (CN)
Coordinates 44 ° 23 '  N , 8 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 23 '0 "  N , 8 ° 2' 0"  E
height 385  m slm
surface 42 km²
Residents 5,677 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 135 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 12073
prefix 0174
ISTAT number 004066
Popular name Cebani
Patron saint Mary of the Rosary
Website Ceva
Ceva, historical center
Ceva, historical center

Ceva ( Piedmontese Seva ) is a municipality with 5677 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN), Piedmont region .

geography

The place is 49 km from the provincial capital Cuneo on the banks of the Tanaro River at an altitude of 376 m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of ​​42.96 km² .

The neighboring municipalities are Battifollo , Castellino Tanaro , Lesegno , Mombasiglio , Nucetto , Paroldo , Perlo , Priero , Roascio , Sale delle Langhe , Sale San Giovanni and Scagnello .

Attractions

Sacred buildings

  • Collegiate Church Assunzione della Beata Maria Vergine , also known as the Duomo , main church of the city and parish church from the 17th century with a marble altar from 1790
  • Monastery church of the Capuchins with frescoes by the painter Crida
  • Church Arciconfraternita di Santa Maria e Caterina da Siena , Architect: Francesco Gallo (1684), renovated in 1735, with frescoes by Andrea di Vinai Pianvignale; restored in 2011
  • Spirito Santo Church , from 1901, restored in 2010
  • Church of San Carlo Borromeo from 1618 with frescoes from 1631/32 by the painter Giovanni Arigone
  • Maria Consolata Chapel
  • Chapel of San Pietro in the Piana district, on the way to Lesegno
  • Chapel of San Bernardino , with wooden statue of Saint Bernardino da Siena
  • Chapel of Santa Libera (18th century) in the Torretta district
  • Sant'Agostino cemetery chapel (1845)
  • Chapel of the Madonna della Guardia e dell'Addolorata at Forte di Ceva . with frescoes

  • Church of Santa Maria and Caterina of Siena

  • Capuchin Church

  • Madonna Consolata Church

  • Sant'Agostino Church , Friedhofskapekke

town hall
"Torre Guelfa"

Civil buildings

  • Castello Bianco and Castello Rosso Residences of the Pallavicini family by Ceva and Priola and the Old Priestly House
  • Porta Solaia bell tower
  • Neocalassic Theater Carlo Marenco (1860–1861)
  • Palazzo di Città (town hall) (built 1860–1866)

Military buildings

  • Torre Guelfa (former Porta Tanaro ), (mid-14th to early 15th century), with Ghibelline battlements
  • Forte di Ceva (ruin): built in 1560 at the instigation of Duke Emanuel Philibert (Savoy) , it was also a prison a. a. by Pietro Giannone
  • Barracks Giuseppe Galliano (19th century)
  • Castello delle Mollere : ruins on the Cevetta river, which flows into the Tanaro a little later

traffic

Ceva has a train station on the Turin - Savona railway line . From here, the Ceva – Ormea railway branches off , but passenger transport was discontinued in 2012. However, the route is not officially closed.

The A6 autostrada , to which Ceva is connected by junction  81, runs south of the village .

Culinary specialty

Viticulture is practiced at Ceva . The berries of the Pinot Noir and / or Chardonnay grape varieties can be used to make Alta Langa sparkling wine .

Town twinning

There is a town partnership with Le Val in Provence in France .

Born in Ceva

Web links

Commons : Ceva  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.