Odalengo Piccolo
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The two principal centres of population are Serra (dialect: Sèra), the site of the town hall, and Vicinato (dialect: V’žinà) with the parish church; further nuclei are Palmaro (dialect: Cà di Parmàn), Dorato, and Pessine (dialect: Psìn-i) which is notable for its castle.[4][1][3]
Odalengo Piccolo is known for the truffle fair Tufo & tartufo, which has been held during the autumn truffle season since 1994, and for the wide variety of antique native apple cultivars that are grown locally.[5][6]
Toponyms
Odalengo enters the historical record in 1298–99 as Odalengum ultra Sturiam. The form Odalengum minus, which distinguishes ‘Little Odalengo’ from the nearby Odalengo Grande, is recorded in 1306; Odalengum parvum is found in 1320 and Odalengo Prato in 1474.[1]
Vicinato appears as Viscenale in 1279, while Serra is apparently recorded as Serra in 1163 and Pessine as Pisinum in 1171.[1]
References
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- ↑ a b c d C. Aletto and others, ‘Odalengo Piccolo’ in Repertorio storico-biografico di architetti, pittori, scultori ed artigiani attivi nelle chiese extraurbane della Diocesi di Casale Monferrato (Associazione Casalese Arte e Storia).
- ↑ a b Statuto comunale, Comune di Odalengo Piccolo, 1995.
- ↑ a b ‘Il Comune di Odalengo Piccolo’, La Comunità Collinare della Valcerrina.
- ↑ ‘Tavola: Famiglie - Alessandria (dettaglio loc. abitate)’, 2001 Census.
- ↑ ‘Fiera Tufo & Tartufo’, Comune di Odalengo Piccolo.
- ↑ ‘Two truffle fairs to visit in the Monferrato’, lifeinitaly.com.
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