Frossasco is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about 30 km south west of

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History

Even if the

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were the inhabit the area of Frossasco. After the fall of the

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the

Lombards The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...

settled here, as can be seen by the archaeological excavation that in the Bivio area brought back to light by the old necropolis. The layout of the town centre has an apparently typical Roman layout, but is of medieval origins. Frossasco later was owned by the abbey of Novalesa, which donated it in 1064 to the Santa Maria Cloister of Pinerolo owned by the Marchioness

Adelaide of Susa Adelaide of Turin (also ''Adelheid'', ''Adelais'', or ''Adeline''; – 19 December 1091) was the countess of part of the March of Ivrea and the marchioness of Turin in Northwestern Italy from 1034 to her death. She was the last of the Arduin ...

. The hamlet was given in 1561 to the Count Provana of Leyni and, later on, from 1536 to 1539, was occupied by the French. It went back to the

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but was again under the French between 1593 and 1595, until it became an Italian municipality.

Sagra degli Abbà

Sagra degli Abbà is festival which celebrates the four contrades of the town. It is held in the beginning of August.

Twin towns — sister cities

Frossasco is twinned with: *

Saint-Jean-de-Moirans Saint-Jean-de-Moirans (, literally ''Saint-Jean of Moirans'') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population Twin towns — sister cities Saint-Jean-de-Moirans is twinned with: * Frossasco Frossasco is a ''comm ...

, France *

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, Argentina

References

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