Collegno (; pms, Colegn ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin in the
Italian region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about west of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
.
It occupies an
alluvial plain
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at the end of the
Val di Susa, between
Rivoli and Turin, at the foot of
Monte Musinè. The terminal course of the
Dora Riparia
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flows in its territory.
History
Collegno originated as a
Roman ''
mansio'' from Turin, known as ''Quintum Collegium'' (hence the modern name). Ancient findings from the area are now in the Museum of Antiquities in Turin.
Curious Facts
From 3 to 8 July 2017, the sports hal
PalaCollegnoguested the troops of
Sport Crime, the first ever sport based international TV series, including main characters and sport personalities
Daniela Scalia and
Luca Tramontin, and other basketball celebrities, like former Italian ace
Alessandro Abbio.
International relations
Collegno is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
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* Antony (name), a masculine given name and a surname
* Antony, Belarus, a village in the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus
* Antony, Cornwall, a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
** Antony House, Cornwall, United Kingdom
* Antony, ...
, France
*
Sárospatak, Hungary
*
Volzhsky, Russia
*
Neubrandenburg
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The city is famous for i ...
, Germany
*
Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
*
San Gregorio Magno, Italy
*
Oueslatia, Tunisia
*
Sarajevo
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, Bosnia and Herzegovina
*
Havířov, Czech Republic
*
Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
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, Italy
See also
*
Bruneri-Canella case
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
Collegno
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