San Mauro Torinese is an Italian ''

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'' 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

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region. It is bordered by the territories of

Settimo Torinese Settimo Torinese ( pms, Ël Seto) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont, Italy. The name ''settimo'' means "seventh", and it comes from the comune's distance from Turin, which is seven Roman miles. It is bordered by the oth ...

Castiglione Torinese Castiglione Torinese is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about northeast of Turin. Castiglione Torinese borders the following municipalities: Settimo Torinese, Gassino Torinese, ...

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, and

Baldissero Torinese Baldissero Torinese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin. Baldissero Torinese borders the following municipalities: Castiglione Torinese, Torino, San Mauro To ...

History

The first written record of ''Pulchra Rada'' (the ancient name for San Mauro, which in Latin means "beautiful beach and/or port" - on the

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) dates from 4 May 991. On that day Anselmo (at the time the ruler of

Montferrat Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Alessandria and Asti. Mo ...

) gave the order to rebuild a

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, erected originally above a pre-existing ancient Roman settlement, that had been destroyed by a

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invasion. The abbey became especially prosperous in the 12th century, after which it started to decline due to the continuous strife between the bordering

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and

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. In 1474 it was therefore suppressed and turned into ''

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''. The way was owned by the Benedictinese until 1603 when it was transferred to secular clergy. The convent was suppressed again by

Pope Pius VI Pope Pius VI ( it, Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...

in 1803. Bridge

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, connecting San Mauro to Bertolla, locally known as ''ponte vecchio'' (old bridge), was inaugurated on 8 September 1912.

Main sights

* Pulcherada Abbey *Parish church of Santa Maria *Natural Park of Superga Hill

Twin towns

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References

External links

Official website

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