Monferrato
Monferrato is a hilly wine region in the southeast of Piedmont, Italy, spread across the provinces of Asti and Alessandria. Together with the neighbouring Langhe and Roero it forms the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato".Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nizza Monferrato.
Nizza Monferrato
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Nizza Monferrato is an arcaded market town of about 10,000 people in the province of Asti, in the Monferrato wine hills of Piedmont, Italy. It is the capital of the Nizza DOCG, the most ambitious expression of the Barbera grape, and a good, unpretentious base for exploring the surrounding vineyards.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villafranca-Cantarana railway station and Chiesa di San Secondo.
Chiesa di San Secondo
Church
Photo: NicoloRizzetto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chiesa di San Secondo is a church.
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Fonte
Church
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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Fonte is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baldichieri d’Asti and Tigliole.
Baldichieri d’Asti
Village
Photo: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baldichieri d'Asti is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 kilometres southeast of Turin and about 9 kilometres west of Asti.
Tigliole
Village
Photo: NicoloRizzetto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tigliole is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 kilometres southeast of Turin and about 9 kilometres west of Asti.
Monale
Village
Photo: MarcoLol95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monale is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 kilometres southeast of Turin and about 11 kilometres northwest of Asti.
Monferrato
- Type: Region
- Description: part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy
- Also known as: “Montferrat”
- Categories: historical region and wine-producing region
- Location: Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Monferrato” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونفيراتو”
- Basque: “Monferrato”
- Belarusian: “Манферат”
- Breton: “Monferrato”
- Bulgarian: “Монферат”
- Catalan: “Montferrat”
- Chinese: “蒙菲拉托”
- Chinese: “蒙費拉托”
- Chinese: “蒙费拉”
- Chinese: “蒙费拉托”
- Czech: “Monferrato”
- Dutch: “Monferrato”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مونفيراتو”
- Finnish: “Monferrato”
- French: “Monferrato”
- French: “Montferrat”
- Georgian: “მონფერატო”
- German: “Markgrafschaft Montferrat”
- Greek: “Μομφερράτο”
- Hebrew: “מונפראטו”
- Hungarian: “Monferrato (tájegység)”
- Hungarian: “Monferrato”
- Hungarian: “Montferrat”
- Icelandic: “Montferrat”
- Indonesian: “Montferrat”
- Italian: “Monferrato”
- Japanese: “モンフェッラート”
- Korean: “몬페라토”
- Latin: “Mons Ferratus”
- Lithuanian: “Montferatas”
- Lombard: “Monferrad”
- Malay: “Montferrat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monferrato-åsene”
- Norwegian: “Monferrato-åsene”
- Norwegian: “Monferrato”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Montferrat”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Montferrato”
- Piemontese: “Monfrà”
- Polish: “Monferrato”
- Portuguese: “Monferrato (Itália)”
- Portuguese: “Monferrato”
- Romanian: “Montferrat”
- Russian: “Монферрат”
- Serbian: “Montferat”
- Spanish: “Monferrato”
- Swedish: “Monferrato”
- Thai: “มอนแฟร์ราโต”
- Turkish: “Monferrato”
- Ukrainian: “Монферрато”
- Venetian: “Monferà”
- Vietnamese: “Monferrato”
- Vietnamese: “Montferrat”
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