San Salvatore Monferrato
Comune
Comune di San Salvatore Monferrato
Coat of arms
Location of San Salvatore Monferrato
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Coordinates: 44°59′42″N 8°34′1″E / 44.99500°N 8.56694°E / 44.99500; 8.56694
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Alessandria (AL)
Frazioni	Fosseto, Frescondino, Piazzolo, Salcido, Valdolenga, Valparolo
Government
• Mayor	Enrico Beccaria
Area [1]
• Total	31.65 km2 (12.22 sq mi)
Elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017[2])[3]
• Total	4,261
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Sansalvatoresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	15046
Dialing code	0131

San Salvatore Monferrato is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Turin and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Alessandria.

Main sights

The tower of the Paleologi was erected for Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat.

Other sights include the 16th century churches of San Martino e San Siro. the communal cemetery of the town is home to the grave of Paolo Provera, surnamed Tantasà, an example of outsider art.

People

• Iginio Ugo Tarchetti (1839–1869), a novelist, also poet and journalist, and part of the Milanese Scapigliatura.
• Paolo Provera (Tantasà) (1850–1930), an outsider artist.

Eugenio "Gene" Guglielmi (1947–), a beat folksinger.

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