Rivarolo Canavese is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin in the
Italian region of
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about north of
Turin
Turin ( , 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 from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
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Main sights
*Castle of Malgrà (14th century), built by the counts of San Martino who at the time ruled the
Canavese.
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San Michele Arcangelo: this church was built in 1759 using a design by
Bernardo Antonio Vittone. It has an octagonal dome decorated with stucco.
*Church and convent of San Francesco. It houses a fresco of the ''Adoration of the Child'' by
Giovanni Martino Spanzotti
Twin towns
*
Sunchales, Argentina, since 2000
References
External links
Official website
Canavese
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