Orbassano is a ''
comune
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Metropolitan City of Turin in the
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region
Piedmont
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, located about southwest of
Turin
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Orbassano borders the following municipalities:
Turin
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Rivoli,
Rivalta di Torino,
Beinasco,
Nichelino,
Volvera,
Candiolo,
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History
The known origins of the city date back to the Roman conquest of
Cisalpine Gaul, evidenced by two
Imperial era tombstones found here in the second half of the nineteenth century.
By the end of the first millennium, Orbassano was among the lands of the
Margrave of Susa, but in 1029 it found itself sold by
Manfredi to the new
Abbey of San Giusto in Susa. Shortly thereafter, in 1035, some of the land came into the possession of the
Diocese of Turin. In the twelfth century Orbassano came under the control of its northern neighbours the Lords of Rivalta, the
Orsini family.
People
Sonia Gandhi was raised here, although she was born in
Lusiana
Lusiana (Cimbrian / German: Lusaan) is a small town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto
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, near
Vicenza
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Twin towns
Orbassano is
twinned with:
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Ełk
Ełk (; former pl, Łek; german: Lyck; Old Prussian: ''Luks''; lt, Lukas), also spelled Elk in English, is a small city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was assigned to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999, ...
,
Poland
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References
External links
Official website
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