San Giorio di Susa ( pms, San Gieuri, frp, San Gœri, french: Saint-Joire) is a ''

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'' (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 ...

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, located about 45 km west of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, 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 ...

. San Giorio di Susa borders the following municipalities:

Bruzolo Bruzolo (pop. 1,525 as of 1-1-2017)) is a ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont. Located some west of Turin, in the lower Susa Valley, it is a member of the Comunità Montana Bassa Valle di Susa e Val Cenisc ...

Chianocco Chianocco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern ...

Bussoleno Bussoleno ( pms, Bussolin, french: Bussolin, frp, Busoulin) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. Bussoleno borders the following municipalities: Usseglio, M ...

San Didero San Didero ( pms, San Didé, frp, Sen Didé, french: Saint-Didier) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km west of Turin in the Val di Susa The Susa Valley ( it, ...

Villar Focchiardo Villar Focchiardo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km west of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural ...

Coazze Coazze (French: Couasse) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important bus ...

, Roure. The castle of San Giorio di Susa was visited by

King Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...

in 1273 on his way back from crusade. The distinctive three pinnacled merlons of the crenellations were later copied at

Conwy Castle Conwy Castle ( cy, Castell Conwy; ) is a fortification in Conwy, located in North Wales. It was built by Edward I of England, Edward I, during his Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales, between 1283 and 1287. Constructed as part of ...

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