Asti, costruita sulla sponda sinistra del Tanaro, nacque come Municipium romano noto con il nome di Hasta Pompeia o semplicemente Hasta e successivamente fu sede di un ducato longobardo. Libero comune nel Medioevo, con diritto di “battere moneta”, fu uno dei più importanti centri commerciali tra XII e XIII secolo. La parte antica della città, ad ovest di piazza Vittorio Alfieri è detta Recinto dei nobili. Qui si trova la Cattedrale, una delle più grandi chiese del Piemonte e uno dei maggiori esempi del gotico Lombardo. L’ampliamento urbano da quel nucleo avvenne già a partire dal XII secolo, e incluse i borghi lungo le strade della piana del Tanaro, verso la stazione ferroviaria e la piazza 1° Maggio, ove si trova il monumento più antico, il battistero di S. Pietro di epoca romanica. Questa parte dell’abitato è denominata Recinto dei borghigiani. Asti è conosciuta in tutto il mondo per i suoi vini, ma è famoso anche il suo Palio storico, festa tra le più antiche d’Italia, che si svolge a settembre e culmina con una corsa di cavalli montati senza l’ausilio della sella.
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