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Name

In former times the village was named ''Collis ad sancti Joannis'' or ''Collo di San Giovanni''.

History

Col San Giovanni was first mentioned in a document signed in 1011 by Landolfo,

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(municipality).

Relevant buildings

The local church was built from 1614 on the site of a previous one and it was renovated in 1922 to allow the transit of a new road. Its bell tower is the oldest of the

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and was built at the end of the 11th century.''CHIESA PARROCCHIALE DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA (fraz. Col San Giovanni)'', page o
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