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8 unusual facts about Pinerolo


Abbadia Alpina

Abbadia Alpina (formerly Abadia; in Piedmontese La Badìa; in Occitan L'Abaïa) is a frazione of the commune of Pinerolo in the Province of Turin in north-west Italy, located between the torrents Lemina and Cusone.

Amadeus V, Count of Savoy

Amadeus managed to secure the support of his nephew by offering Philip control of Turin and Pinerolo.

Cascarolo bianco

For many centuries Cascarolo bianco was widely planted throughout Piedmont, particularly around the communes of Chieri and Pinerolo in the province of Turin, Casale Monferrato in the province of Alessandria and Moncalvo in the province of Asti.

Garzigliana

Garzigliana borders the following municipalities: Pinerolo, Osasco, Macello, Bricherasio, and Cavour.

Giovanni Agnelli

The son of Edoardo Agnelli and Aniceta Frisetti, he was born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerolo, Piedmont, still the main home and burial place of the Agnelli family.

Giovanni Bona

His father favoured a military career for him but, after passing some years at a nearby Jesuit college, he entered the Cistercian monastery of the Congregation of the Feuillants at Pinerolo, where, as also later at Rome, he pursued his studies with exceptional success.

Italo Tajo

Tajo was born in Pinerolo, Piedmont, and studied violin and voice at the Music Conservatory of Turin with Nilde Stichi-Bertozzi.

San Secondo di Pinerolo

San Secondo di Pinerolo borders the following municipalities: Pinerolo, San Germano Chisone, Porte, Prarostino, Osasco, and Bricherasio.


Abadia

The historical name of Abbadia Alpina, a small town near Pinerolo in the Province of Turin, north-west Italy

Battle of Marsaglia

Catinat, advancing from Fenestrelle and Susa to the relief Pinerolo, defended by the count of Tessé and which the duke of Savoy was besieging, took up a position in formal order of battle north of the village of Marsaglia, near Orbassano.

Massacre of Italians at Aigues-Mortes

The identities of seven of them are known: Carlo Tasso from Alessandria, Vittorio Caffaro from Pinerolo, Bartolomeo Calori from Turin, Giuseppe Merlo from Centallo, Lorenzo Rolando from Altare, Paolo Zanetti from Nese and Giovanni Bonetto.


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