Tavernette is a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' (

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural are ...

) of

Cumiana Cumiana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Cumiana borders the following municipalities: Giaveno, Trana, Piossasco, Pinasca, Volvera, Pinerolo, Frossa ...

, in

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, northern

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. Its name comes from the

latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

''tabernae'' (in English ''tavern'' or ''country pub'').

Geography

It is a borough located in the

Chisola Chisola is a torrent (stream), torrent in Piedmont, north-western Italy. Geography Chisola source is at c. 1,250 m, at the merge of two separante torrent-like branches coming from Monte Tre Denti (1,445 m) and Monte Brunello/Monte Fre ...

Valley, in the easternmost part of

Cottian Alps The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Rai ...

, some kilometers south-east from the centre of Cumiana. The Monte Tre Denti and

Monte Freidour Monte Freidour is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It has an elevation of 1.451 m, with a secondary summit at , and is composed of gneiss cliffs overlooking the town of Cumiana. Histo ...

peaks are located nearby.

History

Since 1928 Tavernette was a separate

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

(municipality); before 1801 it also encompassed the present-day municipality of

Piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Roman ...

, located in the

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.''Una briciola di ... storia...'',

municipality web sit
http://www.comune.piscina.to.it/articles.asp?id=2
(accessed on February 2013)

References

{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Turin Former municipalities of the Province of Turin Cumiana