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"The Fourth Estate" (1901) by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo is a famous oil on canvas depicting a march of laborers, set in Piazza Malaspina in Volpedo (Alessandria). A symbol of workers' struggle, the work combines Pointillist technique and social themes. It is now housed at the Museo del Novecento in Milan.

Romanesque church dating from 965 with very beautiful and noteworthy frescoes from the 15th century.

It was built by the painter in 1888 and subsequently expanded until it assumed its current appearance, with its large zenithal skylight, in 1896. It was donated by Pellizza's two daughters to the municipality of Volpedo in 1966, and its current appearance is the result of a restoration that brought it back to its original condition between 1987 and 1994, the year it opened to the public.

The parish church of Volpedo is mentioned for the first time in a document from 965 preserved in the Capitular Archives of Tortona.

I know this photo from the film "1900" by Bertolucci

Quarto Stato Volpedo Square

Piazza Castello (or Piazza del Palazzo, but also Piazza Malaspina in the popular version accepted by Pellizza himself, today Piazza Quarto Stato), is the place where the painter, between 1891 and 1901, places the advance of the workers. The square was born towards the middle of the 19th century with the renovation of the stately building, commissioned by the new owners Malaspina, who created a new access on the western side. Giuseppe Pellizza painted The Fourth Estate between 1898 and 1901; the work was the fruit of a long creative journey inspired by the protest of a group of workers, for which he had farmers and artisans chosen from among his fellow villagers from Volpedo pose.

Volpedo has been included in the club of the most beautiful villages in Italy. It is famous for being the birthplace of the painter Giuseppe Pellizza, author of the famous The Fourth Estate, which became a symbol of the workers' question, starting from the 19th century onwards with the second industrial revolution.