Sezzadio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont , located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Turin and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Alessandria .
3-558: Sezzadio borders the following municipalities: Carpeneto , Cassine , Castelnuovo Bormida , Castelspina , Gamalero , Montaldo Bormida , Predosa , and Rivalta Bormida . It is the location of the Abbey of Santa Giustina , founded in 722 by the Lombard king Liutprand . In 1033 the abbey was enlarged by the marquis of Sezzadio, Oberto, remaining under the Benedictines until 1474. The church has
6-504: A large cotto façade divided by pilasters and crowned by Lombard bands . The interior has a nave and two aisles ending with apses. In the apses are frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries, while the crypt has an 11th-century mosaic pavement. Antonio Barbavara was briefly the Abbot in 1428. Mark Knowles argues that Antonio was the author of the Voynich cipher manuscript. The large parish church
9-593: Was built from 1900 in neo-Gothic style. This article on a location in the Province of Alessandria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Carpeneto Carpeneto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont . It is located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Turin , and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Alessandria . Carpeneto borders
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