Portacomaro | |
Official Name: | Comune di Portacomaro |
Native Name: | Portacomé |
Coordinates: | 44.9574°N 8.2582°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Asti (AT) |
Frazioni: | Migliandolo |
Mayor: | Valter Vittorio Antonio Petrini |
Area Total Km2: | 10.9 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2017 |
Population As Of: | 30 July 2016 |
Elevation M: | 232 |
Postal Code: | 14037 |
Area Code: | 0141 |
Portacomaro (Portacomé) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45km (28miles) southeast of Turin and about 7km (04miles) northeast of Asti.
Portacomaro borders the following municipalities: Asti, Calliano, Castagnole Monferrato, and Scurzolengo.
Well-preserved apsidal frescos[2] can be found in the romanesque church of St. Peter [3] (first recorded in 1130 AD).[4] Formerly occupied by a monastic community, the chancel sides are decorated with figures of St. Bernard and St. Sebastian. The central section of tripartite rear wall of the sanctuary (probably the oldest) features a deisis (Crucifixion with Virgin and the beloved disciple, St. John), figures of St. Andrew are to the right, St. Agatha (kneeling) and St Peter to the left.