Candelo 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

Province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a Provinces of Italy, province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an ...

in the

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region

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

, located about northeast 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 ...

and about southeast of

Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin an ...

. Candelo borders the following municipalities: Benna,

Cossato Cossato is a ''municipality'' in the province of Biella, Italy, in the northwest part of Piedmont, east of Biella. It has a population of about 14,804 and it spreads over an area of 27,74 km², which makes it the second largest town in the Pr ...

Gaglianico Gaglianico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Gaglianico borders the following municipalities: Biella, Candelo, Ponderano, Sand ...

Valdengo Valdengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Valdengo borders the following municipalities: Candelo, Cerreto Castello, Piatto, Q ...

Verrone Verrone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Verrone borders the following municipalities: Benna, Candelo, Cerrione, Gaglia ...

Vigliano Biellese Vigliano Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Vigliano Biellese borders the following municipalities: Biella, Candelo, C ...

Main sights

*The ''Ricetto di Candelo'', a fortified storehouse *Church of ''Santa Maria Maggiore'' (12th century) *Church of St. Lawrence, of medieval origins but remade in

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style in the 18th century *Ysangarda, a medieval archaeological site in the Baragge natural area.

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