ALBA, town and episcopal see, province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy, 42m. S.E. of Turin by rail. Pop. (1931) 12,26o (town), 18,352 (commune). The fine cathedral, with Gothic façade, was rebuilt in 1486. Alba Pompeia was probably founded by Pompeius Strabo (consul 89 B.C.) when he constructed the road from Aquae Statiellae (Acqui) to Augusta Taurinorum (Turin). The emperor Pertinax was born here. It became an episcopal see dependent on Milan in the 4th century. It is the centre of a wine-growing district.