Savigliano (Savijan in

Piedmontese Piedmontese (; autonym: or , in it, piemontese) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, northwestern region of Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly reg ...

) is a ''

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'' of

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, in the

Province of Cuneo Cuneo ( Italian), or Coni ( Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and H ...

, about south 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 ...

by rail. It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by

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, now by

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) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.

Main sights

Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of

Charles Emmanuel I Charles Emmanuel I ( it, Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. He was nicknamed (, in context "the Hot-Headed") for his rashness and military aggression. Being ...

with Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain. There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives.

Notable people

Elena Busso Elena Busso (born 4 January 1976) is an Italian volleyball player. Sporting achievements Clubs Italian Cup: * 2002 Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by t ...

, volleyball player *

Giovanni Schiaparelli Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli ( , also , ; 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Biography He studied at the University of Turin, graduating in 1854, and later did research at Berlin Observatory, ...

, astronomer * Santorre di Santarosa, an Italian Philhellene *

Luca Filippi Luca Filippi (born 9 August 1985 in Savigliano, Italy) is an Italian auto racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series from 2006 to 2012, and the IndyCar Series from 2013 to 2016. In 2008 he was the official Honda Racing F1 test driver. Career Fo ...

, racing driver

Twin towns

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, Greece, since 1962 *

Mormanno Mormanno ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located in the heart of the National Park of Pollino Pollino National Park ( Italian: ''Parco Nazionale del Pollino'') is ...

, Italy, since 1962 * Villa María,

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, since 2000

References

External links

* Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Cuneo-geo-stub