Colleretto Giacosa 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 also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Turin The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and co ...

in the

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region

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, located about north of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, 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 ...

. Colleretto Giacosa borders the following municipalities: Samone,

Loranzè Loranzè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Loranzè borders the following municipalities: Fiorano Canavese, Salerano Canavese, Samone, Val di Chy, Coll ...

Pavone Canavese Pavone Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. Pavone Canavese borders the following municipalities: Ivrea, Banchette, Samone, Collere ...

Parella Parella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin in the Canavese Canavese ( French: ''Canavais''; Piedmontese: ''Canavèis'') is a subalpine geograp ...

, and

San Martino Canavese San Martino Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. San Martino Canavese borders the following municipalities: Castellamonte, Pavone Canavese, Collere ...

. The

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

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and

librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

Giuseppe Giacosa Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October 1847 – 1 September 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. Life He was born in Colleretto Parella, now Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin. His father was a magistrate. Giuseppe went to the University of ...

(1847 – 1906) was born in the then Colleretto Parella, the town changed its name after him.

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