Count Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography.
portrait by François-Xavier Fabre, 1793
Antonio Canova, monumental tomb of Vittorio Alfieri, Santa Croce, Florence, 1810
Frontispiece for Works by Alfieri, 1809 edition
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.