Piscina is a ''
comune'' (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
Italian region
Piedmont, located about 25 km southwest of
Turin.
Piscina borders the following municipalities:
Cumiana,
Pinerolo,
Frossasco
Frossasco is a ''commune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km south west of Turin.
History
Even if the Celts were the inhabit the area of Frossasco. After the fall of the Wes ...
,
Airasca, and
Scalenghe. Part of the municipal territory was involved in the
Battle of Marsaglia
The Battle of Marsaglia was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought in Italy on 4 October 1693, between the French army of Marshal Nicolas Catinat and the army of the Grand Alliance under Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy.
Catinat, advancing ...
in 1693.
Main sights
*Baroque parish church of St. Gratus (18th century), designed by Giuseppe Gerolamo Buniva
*Communal Wing (1699)
*Chapel of St. Roch (16th century)
*Museum of Peasant Art
Twin towns
*
Suardi, Argentina, since 2006
See also
*
Tavernette
Tavernette is a ''frazione'' (neighbourhood) of Cumiana, in Piedmont, northern Italy.
Its name comes from the latin ''tabernae'' (in English ''tavern'' or ''country pub'').
Geography
It is a borough located in the Chisola Valley, in the east ...
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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