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  • proper noun Province of Piedmont, Italy.
  • proper noun Town and capital of Alessandria

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Examples

  • The new foundation, although laughed at at first by the imperialists and called Alessandria della Paglia, from its hastily constructed straw huts, soon held a population of fifteen thousand.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Elio Altare, Chionetti, Marchesi di Grésy, Marcarini and Fratelli Alessandria are producers worth looking out for.

    The Hunt for Nebbiolo Will Lyons 2011

  • The previous record was for a 3,587-kilogram chocolate bar made by Elah Dufour-Novi in Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy, in October 2007.

    Armenia: Take a Bite of World's Largest Chocolate Bar 2010

  • I was sued originally in Florence, Livorno, Alessandria and Turin, and in each case, Italian magistrates ordered the plaintiff to pay the court costs.

    The Abrupt Ending of an Unhealthy Relationship 2009

  • Although it has been suggested that Wert spent some time in a similar capacity in Rome, under the protection of Giulio Cesare Gonzaga, Patriarch of Alessandria, the evidence is unstable.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

  • Eco was raised in Alessandria - the company town of Borsalino hats - in a lower-middle class family.

    Interview with Umberto Eco 2007

  • Eco was raised in Alessandria - the company town of Borsalino hats - in a lower-middle class family.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • Riccardiana, MS 991, prepared by the excellent Gabriella Albanese was published in 1998 by Edizioni dell'Orso Alessandria; she is also responsible for writing an introduction.

    Francesco Petrarca, De insigni obedientia et fide uxoria, ed. Albanese (1998) Miglior acque 2007

  • Riccardiana, MS 991, prepared by the excellent Gabriella Albanese was published in 1998 by Edizioni dell'Orso Alessandria; she is also responsible for writing an introduction.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Miglior acque 2007

  • Vercelli, Alessandria, Novara, and Tortona, and had amassed great riches, finding his end approach, and having no children, left his wife Beatrice heiress of his estates, and arranged with his friends that a marriage should be effected between her and Filippo.

    The History of Florence 2003

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