Asti

Asti is a city and comune in the Piemonte or Piedmont region, in north-western Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti. Neolithic period. Before their defeat in 174 BCE by the Romans, Ligures, such as the Statielli, dominated the area and the toponym probably derives from Ast which means ‘hill’ in the ancient Ligurian language. area code for Asti: 141