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Casale Monferrato

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Casale Monferrato (käsä`lā mōnfār-rä`tō) or Casale, city (1991 pop. 38,962), Piedmont, NW Italy, on the Po River. Manufactures include cement, electrical appliances, and farm machinery, and much wine is produced in the region. It became the capital of the marquisate of Montferrat Montferrat , Ital. Monferrato, historic region of Piedmont, NW Italy, south of the Po River, now mostly in Alessandria prov. It is largely hilly, and wine, fruit, and cereals are produced. In the late 10th cent.
..... Click the link for more information.  in 1435 and was strongly fortified. In the mid-16th cent. the city came under Mantua, and in 1703 it passed to the house of Savoy. Of note are the Romanesque cathedral (12th cent.) and the citadel (15th cent., now a barracks).
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All subjects were residents of Casale Monferrato, a town polluted with asbestos.
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Objective: The "Eternit" factory of Casale Monferrato (Italy), active from 1907 to 1986, was among the most important Italian plants producing asbestos-cement (AC) goods.
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Angelo Dolcemascolo S Germano - Strada Bassotti, 17, 15033, Casale Monferrato, Al, Italia WELSH Water gets fined for polluting a Beddau river where 100 plus fish died but the Royal Mint gets away with killing 6,000 fish because it has Crown Immunity and this is the second time it has polluted the local rivers.
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