Albano Vercellese is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Vercelli

Province of Vercelli

Vercelli is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is Vercelli., it has an area of 2,088 km², and a total population of 176,829...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 70 km northeast of Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 and about 13 km north of Vercelli

Vercelli

Vercelli is a city and comune of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC.The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river...

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Despite the Roman toponym, Albano is documented only from the 10th century. In 1335 it became a fief of the Visconti of Milan

Duchy of Milan

The Duchy of Milan , was created on the 1st of may 1395, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, purchased a diploma for 100,000 Florins from King Wenceslaus. It was this diploma that installed, Gian Galeazzo as Duke of Milan and Count of Pavia...

. It became part of the Duchy of Savoy

Duchy of Savoy

From 1416 to 1847, the House of Savoy ruled the eponymous Duchy of Savoy . The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the County of Savoy...

 in 1407.

Albano Vercellese borders the following municipalities: Collobiano

Collobiano

Collobiano is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km northwest of Vercelli....

, Greggio

Greggio

Greggio is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km north of Vercelli....

, Oldenico

Oldenico

Oldenico is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 10 km northwest of Vercelli....

, San Nazzaro Sesia

San Nazzaro Sesia

San Nazzaro Sesia is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km west of Novara....

, and Villarboit

Villarboit

Villarboit is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Vercelli.It is included in the Lame del Sesia Natural Park....

. It is home to a castle which has maintained parts from the 14th century. The apse of the Oratory of the Holy Trinity has 15th century frescoes.