San Sebastiano Curone 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 Alessandria

Province of Alessandria

The Province of Alessandria is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria....

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 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 110 km southeast 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 40 km southeast of Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

, at the confluence of the Curone

Curone

The Curone is a torrent which flows for some 50 km) through the Italian regions Lombardy and Piedmont. It is a right tributary of the river Po....

 and Museglia streams.

San Sebastiano Curone borders the following municipalities: Brignano-Frascata

Brignano-Frascata

Brignano-Frascata is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km east of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria....

, Dernice

Dernice

Dernice is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria...

, Gremiasco

Gremiasco

Gremiasco is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria...

, and Montacuto

Montacuto

Montacuto is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria...

.

History

Part of the commune of Fabbrica Curone

Fabbrica Curone

Fabbrica Curone is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the upper valley of the Curone stream, about 120 km southeast of Turin and about 45 km southeast of Alessandria.Fabbrica Curone borders the following municipalities: Albera Ligure,...

 it was under the dominations of the Malaspina and Fieschi from Genoa

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

. In the 16th century, under the Doria

Doria

Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...

, it became an important market centre for salt, fish and cereals.

It is the birthplace of Felice Giani

Felice Giani

Felice Giani was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. His grand manner subjects often included Greco-Roman allusions or themes....

, a neo-classicist painter.