Dogliani () 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

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in the

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region

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, located about southeast of

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and about northeast of

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

. Dogliani borders the following municipalities:

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Bonvicino Bonvicino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. On 31 December 2004, it had a population of 122 and an area of .All demographics and ...

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, Cissone,

Farigliano Farigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,766 and an area of .All demographi ...

Lequio Tanaro Lequio Tanaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 731 and an area of .All demographics ...

Monchiero Monchiero is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 560 and an area of .All demographics ...

Monforte d'Alba Monforte d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Monforte d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Barolo, Castiglione Fall ...

Roddino Roddino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 386 and an area of .All demographics and ...

, and

Somano Somano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 399 and an area of .All demographics and ...

. Aside from local craftmanship, the economy is mostly based on agriculture: most of the area is occupied by

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s, used for the production of the

Dolcetto di Dogliani Dolcetto ( , , ) is a black Italian wine grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont (wine), Piedmont region of northwest Italy. The Italian word ''dolcetto'' means "little sweet one", but it is not certain that the name originally carried an ...

wine. There are also several woods of

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s. Dogliani is also known for it
Presepio Vivente
A tradition started in 1975 that occurs yearly on the night of December 23 and 24 where the town's citizens enact the nativity scene.

History

The town was a settlement of the

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, a pre-

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population. The Roman conquered its area in around 200-100 B.C, although Dogliani is mentioned for the first time in the Middle Ages, as the place of a castle and a borough surrounded by walls along the Rea torrent. Dogliani was likely a fief of the

Aleramici The House of Aleramici were a medieval Italian noble family of Frankish origin which ruled various northwestern counties and marches, in Piedmont and Liguria from the tenth to the 14th centuries. History The founder of the family was William I of ...

family, and later was owned by the marquisses of Busca, those of Saluzzo and, starting from the early 17th century, by the

House of Savoy The House of Savoy ( it, Casa Savoia) was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of ...

. In the 19th century, Dogliani received numerous new buildings designed by the eclectic architect

Giovanni Battista Schellino Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * '' Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend ...

Main sights

*Parish church of Santi Quirico and Paolo (1869), designed by G.B. Schellino *Town Hall, built from 1460 but largely revised by Schellino in the 19th century. It has kept a nave and a portico from the Renaissance church of the Carmine *Church of the Confraternita dei Battuti (18th century) *Civic Hospital, another creation of Schellino *Church of St. Lawrence, originally (12th century) having a nave and two aisles. Later Schellino modified it in neo-Gothic style. *Church of Immacolata Concezione, another creation of Schellino *House-tower Perno di Caldera, of medieval origins *Neo-Gothic entrance to the cemetery, also designed by Schellino (1855 - 1867) *Porta Soprana, a medieval gate *Civic Tower (known from the 12th century)

Twin towns — sister cities

Dogliani is twinned with: *

Jarnac Jarnac (; ; Saintongese: ''Jharnat'') is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France.Lautertal, Germany, since 2016

People

Michele Ferrero Michele Ferrero (; 26 April 1925 – 14 February 2015) was an Italian billionaire businessman. He owned the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA, Europe's second largest confectionery company (at the time of his death), which he developed from t ...

(1925-2015), owner of the

Ferrero SpA Ferrero SpA (), more commonly known as Ferrero Group or simply Ferrero, is an Italian multinational company with headquarters in Alba, Italy. manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products, and the second biggest chocolate producer ...

chocolate manufacturers. *

(1818-1905), Italian architect responsible for designing eighteen buildings in Dogliani. *

Luigi Einaudi Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi (; 24 March 1874 – 30 October 1961) was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the president of Italy from 1948 to 1955. Early life Einaudi was born to Lorenzo and Placida Fracchia in Carrù, in the prov ...

(1874-1961), second President of the Italian Republic, intellectual, economist and founder o
Poderi Luigi Einaudi in Dogliani

References

External links

Official website
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