| Avigliana | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Piedmont | |
| Altitude | 383 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 23.22 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 12.563 (2019) | |
| Name inhabitants | Aviglianesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 011 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 10051 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | St. John the Baptist (June 24) | |
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Avigliana is a municipality in the province of Turin.
To know
The municipality is located in a morainic amphitheater between Monte Pirchiriano, on which stands the Sacra di San Michele, and the hill of Rivoli, in the terminal part of the Val di Susa towards the plain in a multiple and complex territory known as the morainic Amphitheater of Rivoli-Avigliana. It is the most populated and economically important municipality in the entire Val di Susa.
The first toponym is offered by Avigliana itself, which derives its origin from the Roman Avilius with clear reference to settlers from northern Italy (mainly from the Veneto area) moved close to the Alps after the creation of the colony of Augusta Taurinorum (Turin) and with the first juridical-administrative definition of these lands on the border with the Cozian kingdom in the imperial age.
Geographical notes
The municipality is crossed by the Dora Riparia river, a tributary of the Po, and has the Great Lake and the Small Lake which are part of the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park. The city is an authentic medieval jewel set around the Alps next to the Sacra di San Michele and in front of the Mount Musinè.
How to orient yourself
Avigliana: full screen map.Villages
Avigliana is made up of several villages that collide during the historic palio in June:
- Bertassi
- Borgovecchio
- Borgonuovo
- Drubiaglio
- Straw yellow
- Pertusera
- Saint Peter
- St. Augustine
How to get
By car
Avigliana has three motorway exits of the Autostrada 32 "Turin-Bardonecchia"and is located near the Turin ring road.
The city is also crossed by two state roads, the SS 24 and the SS 25. The Strada Statale 24 and Strada Statale 25 head respectively towards Colle del Monginevro and Colle del Moncenisio.
On the train
Avigliana has a railway station on the line Turin-Modane.
How to get around
What see
Religious architectures
- Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Laghi. Overlooking the lake, it is managed by the Salesians and is of great artistic interest. The works for the construction of the building can be traced back to November 1622 when, at the behest of the Duke of Savoy Carlo Emanuele I. Of great importance are the large canvas depicting San Michele in the act of defeating Lucifer, made by Antonio Maria Viani, and Guido Reni's San Maurizio. The altar preserves one of the jewels of the Sanctuary, namely the large altarpiece, attributed to Defendente Ferrari: a work of the highest level, it is complete, and already mentioned since 1584.
- 1 Church of San Giovanni, Piazza San Giovanni, ☎ 39 011 9328800. Inside there are numerous works by Defendente Ferrari. The church has been remodeled several times and is characterized by a fine 14th century bell tower.
- 2 Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Santa Maria Maggiore at a first observation from an eighteenth-century image on the main facade to the east, baroque in the interior, including the decorative elements of the apsidal portion, planimetrically and volumetrically it shows its gothic layout and even more ancient traces of its Romanesque origins . Surely the Church also demonstrates from the outside its stratigraphic complexity determined by the historical significance that the building has assumed over time.
- 3 Church of San Pietro, Via San Pietro, 32. The church dates back to the twelfth century, of Romanesque-Gothic architecture, with numerous frescoes inside, executed between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries.
- 4 Church of the Holy Cross, Piazza Conte Rosso.
Civil architectures
- Theater hall (Inside the multipurpose center "La Fabrica"). Dedicated to Eugenio Fassino.
- Stronghold of Blessed Umberto III of Savoy. Imposing fortified patrician residence dating back to 1300 overlooking the old city village.
- Porta Ferrata house. From the fifteenth century and of which the valuable facade marked by arches and mullioned windows is preserved.
- Senore House.
- Villa Cantamerlo. Built in the nineteenth century.
- 5 Porta Ferronia, Via Partigiani D'Italia, 2 (corner of Via O. Borgesa). One of the ancient medieval gates, dating back to the thirteenth century which allowed access to the historic center of the city.
- Circular tower of the city walls.
- Clock tower. From the characteristic octagonal shape.
- Well in piazza Conte Rosso (In the center of the square). Dating back to the 14th century and in good conservation conditions.
Military architectures
- Ruins of the castle. The ruins of the castle dominate the town, destroyed in the seventeenth century, which can be accessed with a short walk from Piazza Conte Rosso.
Museums
- Nobel dynamite factory. For a century it marked the life of Avigliana, and now it has become a museum. The Nobel dynamite factory was the first plant built in Italy for the manufacture of dynamite, transformed into a paint factory after the war. Alfred Nobel, an entrepreneur, founded the dynamite factory Swedish, inventor of dynamite, who took advantage of the abolition, in 1869, of the state monopoly on the manufacture of explosives. Nobel comes in Italy also in the wake of difficulties with the government French, to whom he had offered the production of ballistite, patented by himself in England in 1888, the manufacture of which was deemed too dangerous.
Events and parties
- Historic Palio of the Villages of Avigliana.
Third Sunday of June. - Agricultural fair. First Saturday of November.
- Trade show. First Sunday of November.
Third Sunday of June.What to do
Shopping
- Weekly market (Piazza del Popolo). Thurs.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Among the main products of the municipality we can mention the trout of Lake San Bartolomeo (commonly called Lago Piccolo) and mountain honey.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Charterhouse of San Francesco, Via Sacra di San Michele, 51, ☎ 39 011 9313638, fax: 39 011 9320394, @[email protected]. La Certosa is a former 16th century convent converted into a very quiet and peaceful B&B structure. There are also guided tours to the various structures of the Certosa.
