Comune di Acqui Terme
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Province of Alessandria (AL)
Mayor	Danilo Rapetti  (elected May 25, 2005)
Elevation	156 m (512 ft)
Area	33. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Alessandria (Italian Provincia di Alessandria) is an Italian province, with a Population of some 430000 which forms the southeastern Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. 42 km² (13 sq mi)
Population (as of 2005)
- Total	20,230
- Density	605/km² (1,567/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	44°41′N, 08°28′E
Gentilic	Acquesi
Dialing code	0144
Postal code	15011
Frazioni	Lussito, Ovrano, Moirano
Patron	San Guido
- Day	June 11
Website: www.comuneacqui.com

La Bollente. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.

The Virgin of Monserrat, in the town’s cathedral.

Acqui Terme (Äich in Piedmontese) is a city and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the province of Alessandria. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Province of Alessandria (Italian Provincia di Alessandria) is an Italian province, with a Population of some 430000 which forms the southeastern It is c. 35 km SSW of Alessandria. Alessandria ( Lissandria in Piedmontese) is a city in Piedmont Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria.

The hot sulphur springs have been famous since this was the Roman town of Aquae Statiellae; the ancient baths are referred to by Paulus Diaconus and the chronicler Liutprand of Cremona. Paul the Deacon (c 720 &ndash 13 April probably 799 also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefred and Cassinensis (i Liutprand (also Liudprand, Liuprand, Lioutio, Liucius, Liuzo, and Lioutsios; c In 1870 Giovanni Ceruti designed a little pavilion, known as La Bollente, for the spot at the centre of the town where the waters bubble up at 75°C.

The cathedral. The loggia dates from the 17th century.

History

In the Roman period the place was connected by road with Alba Pompeia and Augusta Taurinorum (Turin). Alba is town of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. It is considered the capital of the hilly area of Langhe, and is famous for the white The local Ligurian tribe of the Statielli had joined the Romans at an early period, but were attacked in 173 BCE and some were transferred to the north of the Po. The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians, Greek:) were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria The Statielli, Statiellātes, or Statiellenses were a small Ligurian tribe which inhabited an area south of the river Padus (today the Po The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering In the neighbourhood of the town, near the river Bormida, are the remains of the aqueduct which supplied it. Bormida may refer to Bormida (river, an Italian river Bormida (SV, an Italian town in the Province of Savona

In the 6th century it became part of the Lombard kingdom of northern Italy. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Acqui was ruled by its bishop from 978, becoming an independent commune in 1135. In 1278 it was annexed to the Marquisate of Montferrat, to which it belonged until the acquisition by the Duchy of Savoy. The March (also margraviate or marquisate) of Montferrat was frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages For the early history of Savoy, before it was raised to a duchy see County of Savoy and March of Turin.

It was connected by a railway line to Genoa in 1892. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

Main sights

• The town’s Gothic cathedral, entitled to Santa Maria Assunta, was built in the late 10th century and consecrated in 1067 by bishop Guido. It is a Romanesque edifice on the Latin cross plan, with a nave and four (originally two) aisles. The façade has a main portal sculpted by Antonio Pilacorte, a late 15th century rose window and a 17th century portico. A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular Window, but is especially used for those found in churches The Gothic bell tower is from 1479. The interior houses a late 15th-century triptych by the Spanish artist Bartolomé Bermejo a Baroque altar of St. Bartolomé Bermejo (born Córdoba, c 1440 died Barcelona, c 1498 was a Spanish painter who adopted Dutch painting techniques and conventions Guido.
• The Palaeologi Castle, mentioned for the first time in 1056. It was rebuilt in the 15th century by Marquis William VII of Montferrat. William VII ( circa 1240 &ndash 6 February 1292) called the Great ( il Gran Marchese) was the twelfth Margrave of Montferrat
• Church of San Pietro or Addolorata, of Palaeo-Christian origins. It was almost entirely rebuilt in the 10th-11th centuries in Romanesque style, when it become a Benedictine abbey. It was again largely renovated in the 18th century, being returned to a neo-Romanesque appearance in the 1930s.
• Church of St. Francis. It includes two 15th century cloister of the former Franciscan convent.

Notable people from Acqui Terme

• Giulietto Chiesa (born 1940), journalist and politician. Giulietto Chiesa (born on 4 September 1940 in Acqui Terme, Province of Alessandria) is an Italian Journalist and Politician

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

External links

• Official website
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Diocese of Acqui
• Acquese Web Portal of tourism, tipical products, health and wellness in Italian