The name is a Roman estate name built on the cognomen Felix, which points to a late-antique origin. The village sits on a terrace above the Tanaro, at the last point where the ford is both forced by the narrow valley and overlooked from above: the via Fulvia very probably crossed here, and later the road to France.
In the fifteenth century the marquisate of Monferrato found itself split into two territories that did not touch, and to hold them together the strada franca del Monferrato was set up: a duty-free route running through Felizzano. Because it crossed Milanese land, it was a matter of dispute with Milan for centuries. The village is first mentioned in 880.
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📅 Every year, on 26 December; the first week of August hosts the Sagra dell'agnolotto
Felizzano celebrates Saint Stephen on 26 December; the town's main event, however, is the Sagra dell'agnolotto, in the first week of August, while the last week of July hosts the Festa della Leva, three days of celebrations for young people coming of age.
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