Suno is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

Province of Novara Novara (It. ''Provincia di Novara'') is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara. In 1992, the new Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola was created through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previou ...

in the

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region

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, located about northeast of

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and about northwest of

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

. Suno borders the following municipalities:

Agrate Conturbia Agrate Conturbia (Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Agrà e Contòrbia'', Lombard language, Lombard: ''Agraa e Contorbia'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara, in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, located about northe ...

, Bogogno,

Cavaglietto Cavaglietto is a ''municipality'' in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Cavaglietto borders the following municipalities: Barengo, Cavaglio d'Agogna, Fontaneto d ...

, Cressa,

Fontaneto d'Agogna Fontaneto d'Agogna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. It takes its name from the Agogna stream. Fontaneto d'Agogna borders the ...

Mezzomerico Mezzomerico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. Mezzomerico borders the following municipalities: Agrate Conturbia, Divignano, Mar ...

, and

Vaprio d'Agogna Vaprio d'Agogna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Vaprio d'Agogna borders the following municipalities: Barengo, Cavaglietto ...

History

Suno was a Roman Colonia. It was also called Xuno or Xunum and its

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, mostly characterised by hills, allowed inhabitants to exploit resources. It included different hamlets in which finds have been made. After the fall of the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

, Suno was occupied by

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 ...

, who found a city almost destroyed and abandoned. Around 900 a.C. Suno's wealth was represented by various monuments and churches, some of which are still visible today. Starting from the

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epidemic of 1521-1630, economic problems arose and the country remained undeveloped industrially. This leads its economy to be based mainly on

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and

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. Indeed, Suno is known as "The city of wine" and it's specialised in cattle breeding.

History

Monuments and Architecture

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