Cortical zone

Cortical zone
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Asti  (AT)
Coordinates	44 ° 59 '  N , 8 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 59 '0 "  N , 8 ° 4' 0"  E
height	225  m slm
surface	10 km²
Residents	593 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	59 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	14010
prefix	0141
ISTAT number	005047
Popular name	Cortazzonesi
Patron saint	Santa Rosa da Lima
Website	Cortical zone
View of Cortazzone

Cortazzone is a municipality with 593 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Asti (AT), Piedmont region .

The municipality is part of the Comunità Collinare Val Rilate . The municipality consists of the districts Vanara, Briccarello, Valmezzana and Mongiglietto. The neighboring communities are Camerano Casasco , Cortandone , Maretto , Montafia , Roatto , Soglio and Viale . The patron saint of the place is Santa Rosa da Lima.

geography

The place is at an altitude of 225 m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of ​​ten km² .

Culinary specialties

In Cortazzone, vines of the Barbera variety are grown for the Barbera d'Asti , a red wine with DOCG status.

Population development

Attractions

The Romanesque Chiesa di San Secondo stands on a hill above the village , built in the 12th century - the bell tower was added after 1600. The three-aisled church with three apses is provided with numerous ornaments all around , partly due to the colored bricks , partly with geometric, floral, animal or anthropomorphic motifs . These can also be found inside on the capitals . An apse fresco from the 14th century depicts Christ between Saint Secundus and Jerome .

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  San Secondo

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  Apses

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  Detail outside

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  Capital inside

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  14th century fresco

literature

• Sibylle Geier: Piedmont and Aosta Valley . Verlagsgruppe Reise Know-How , Bielefeld 2006, p. 338, ISBN 978-3-8317-1785-9 .
• Sabine Gruber, Ralph Zade: Piedmont and Aosta Valley . Iwanowski's Reisebuchverlag Dormagen 2008, p. 167, ISBN 978-3-933041-38-8 .

Web links

Commons : Cortazzone  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Chiesa di San Secondo (Cortazzone)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (Italian)
• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

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