2180 - Waldensian - Church in San Giovanni

Luserna San Giovanni (

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: ''Luzerna e San Jan'',

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 regard ...

: ''Luserna e San Gioann'', French: Lucerne Saint-Jean) 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 ...

in the

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region

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, located in the

Val Pellice The Pellice (in Piedmontese ''Pélis'') is a Italian torrent, which runs through the Metropolitan City of Turin. The stream is a tributary of the Po River, into which it flows near Villafranca Piemonte. Geography The stream is formed at the weste ...

about southwest 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 ...

. Luserna San Giovanni borders the following municipalities:

Angrogna Angrogna (Piedmontese: ''Angreugna'', Occitan: ''Angruenha'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Angrogna borders the following municipalities: Perre ...

Bricherasio Bricherasio (French: Briqueras) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. Bricherasio borders the following municipalities: Angrogna, San Secondo di Pinerol ...

Torre Pellice Torre Pellice (Vivaro-Alpine: ''La Torre de Pèlis'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin. It is crossed by the Pellice river. Torre Pellice is the cent ...

, Bibiana, Lusernetta,

Rorà Rorà is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin Situated 5 km from Luserna San Giovanni, the small center of Rorà lies at the foot of M ...

, and

Bagnolo Piemonte Bagnolo Piemonte ( Occitan ''Banhuel'', Piedmontese and French ''Bagneul'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. The ski resort a ...

History

Until a merger in 1872, San Giovanni and Luserna were separate villages.

Caffarel Caffarel is a chocolate-manufacturing company based in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy, which is a subsidiary of Lindt & Sprüngli. The company was founded in Turin during the 19th century. According to the company, it was founded in 1826 when Pierre Pa ...

, an Italian chocolate conglomerate, was founded in the area in 1826.

Twin towns — sister cities

Luserna San Giovanni is twinned with: *

Prievidza Prievidza (; hu, Privigye, german: Priwitz) is a city in the central-western Slovakia. With approximately 46,000 inhabitants it is the second biggest municipality in the Trenčín Region and 11th List of cities and towns in Slovakia, largest ...

, Slovakia * Savines-le-Lac, France *

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, Uruguay

References

External links

Official website
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