La Morra

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La Morra
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La Morra (Italy)
La Morra
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Cuneo  (CN)
Coordinates 44 ° 38 '  N , 7 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 38 '0 "  N , 7 ° 56' 0"  E
height 513  m slm
surface 24 km²
Residents 2,738 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 114 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 12064
prefix 0173
ISTAT number 004105
Popular name Lamorresi
Patron saint San Martino
Website Comune La Morra
La Morra seen from south.JPG

La Morra ( Piedmontese a Mora ) is an Italian commune with 2738 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Cuneo (CN) in the Piedmont region and is the holder of the Bandiera Arancione of the TCI .

Location and dates

The neighboring municipalities are Alba , Barolo , Bra , Castiglione Falletto , Cherasco , Narzole , Roddi and Verduno .

The municipality covers an area of ​​24 km² .

Population development

Source: ISTAT

Viticulture

La Morra is one of the most important wine-growing communities in Piedmont. Many of the best wines in the Barolo region come from here . The winemakers Elio Altare and Roberto Voerzio have their wineries here. The wine museum is well worth a visit. In La Morra, vines are also grown for Dolcetto d'Alba , a red wine with DOC status.

Attractions

  • Torre La Morra, built 1709–1711, total height 31 meters

  • Parish church of San Martino, built 1684–1695 by Michelangelo Garove

  • San Rocco Church, built 1716–1750, rear view

  • San Rocco church, built 1716–1750, main facade

  • San Sebastiano Church, built 1700–1708, bell tower from 1766

  • Cappella della Madonna delle Grazie

Parish partnership

La Morra maintains a partnership with the city of Sulzburg in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg . The first contacts between the communities came about in 1992 when Antonio Esposito (Restaurant La Vigna / Sulzburg) and Hilmar Czwartek (Winzergenossenschaft Laufen) visited Gianni Voerzio (winemaker in La Morra) and Giovanni Bosco (Mayor of La Morra). The official twinning of the two communities took place in 2003 with the signing of the documents by the two mayors Peter Wehrle for Sulzburg and Giovanni Bosco for La Morra.

Web links

Commons : La Morra  - 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.
  2. ↑ Bandiera Arancione. In: Bandierearancioni.it. Retrieved April 25, 2018 (Italian).