Angrogna
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Angrogna is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Turin
Province of Turin
The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 45 km southwest of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

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Angrogna borders the following municipalities: Perrero
Perrero
Perrero is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 779 and an area of 63.4 km²....

, Prali
Prali
Prali is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin, on the border with France...

, Pramollo
Pramollo
Pramollo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin....

, San Germano Chisone
San Germano Chisone
San Germano Chisone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin...

, Prarostino
Prarostino
Prarostino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin, at the confluence of Val Chisone and Val Pellice.-External links:*...

, Villar Pellice
Villar Pellice
Villar Pellice is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,213 and an area of 60.9 km²....

, Bricherasio
Bricherasio
Bricherasio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin...

, Torre Pellice
Torre Pellice
Torre Pellice is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southwest of Turin. It is crossed by the Pellice river....

, and Luserna San Giovanni
Luserna San Giovanni
Luserna San Giovanni is a comune in the province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val Pellice about 45 km southwest of Turin....

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The hamlet Pradeltorno

The village of Pradeltorno - natural stronghold for its geographical location - was the center of Waldensian resistance from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Charles Albert of Savoy was able to restore peace. He allowed the Waldenses, in February 17 1848, freedom of worship. As evidence of the persecution is still a sort of catacomb known as the gheisa d'la tana, located near the village of San Lorenzo.

According to some predictions, Pradeltorno will be the only place, with Bugarach
Bugarach
Bugarach is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Geography:Bugarach is at the foot of Pic de Bugarach, a mountain peak and the highest summit in the Corbières mountains...

, municipality located in the French Pyrenees, which will be spared in the apocalypse of 2012. This is due to the rituals that were once made by the Waldenses and the presence of the Holy Grail
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a sacred object figuring in literature and certain Christian traditions, most often identified with the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and said to possess miraculous powers...

, which for a short period seems to have been kept in these places.
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