Visone

Visone 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 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Alessandria. Its name becomes from the homonymous Visone creek, that flows into its territory and enters Bormida river not far from the village. Visone borders the following municipalities: Acqui Terme, Grognardo, Morbello, Morsasco, Prasco, and Strevi. The first mention of the village of Visone dates back to 4 May 991, when Anselmo, son of Aleramo marquis of Montferrat, and his wife Gisla sign the foundation charter of St. Quentin abbey in Spigno Monferrato. In this period a large number of people of Longobard origin moved to the village. But, some more ancient documents, about fifty years before mention a church placed at the confluence of the Caramagna creek with the Bormida river, into the actual municipal territory of Visone. At the beginning of the 13th century, a lot of possessions in this country are recognized to Manfredo Boccaccio by the bishop of Acqui. His family will hold those inheritances for almost one century and a half, often in conflict with the bishop's Table on the grounds of the borders. In October 1450, the Acqui's Cathedral chapter met into the church of St. Mary of Graces in Visone, to elect the new bishop, because there was a terrible plague outbreak in Acqui. In 1469 the feud moved in the hands of the Malaspina family.