Asti is a comune (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italian region of Piedmont, about 55 kilometres east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern capital of Montferrat.
Top left: Piazza Medici ("Medici Square") and Troyana Tower; top right: a monument of Vittorio Alfieri in Piazza Alfieri ("Alfieri Square"); middle left: Piazza Roma ("Rome Square") and Comentina Tower; middle upper right: vineyards in Mongardino; middle lower right: Palio di Asti Festival on September; bottom: town hall and San Secondo church
Panoramic view of Asti
The cathedral of Asti
View of Asti and the Collegiata di San Secondo – Antonio Bignoli 1857.
Piedmont, located in northwest Italy, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest.
A view over Piedmont's Lake Maggiore, Mount Rosa, and Verbania
A Montferrat landscape, with the distant Alps in the background
The Kingdom of Sardinia in 1856
The Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi in Nichelino is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.