Cirié
Encyclopedia
Cirié is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 20 km northwest of Turin
.
Cirié borders the following municipalities: Nole
, San Carlo Canavese
, San Maurizio Canavese
and Robassomero
.
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 20 km northwest 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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Cirié borders the following municipalities: Nole
Nole
Nole is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northwest of Turin in the lower Canavese, at the feet of the Valli di Lanzo....
, San Carlo Canavese
San Carlo Canavese
San Carlo Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northwest of Turin...
, San Maurizio Canavese
San Maurizio Canavese
San Maurizio Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km northwest of Turin...
and Robassomero
Robassomero
Robassomero is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northwest of Turin...
.
Main sights
- San Giovanni Battista, known as the Duomo although it is not a cathedral church, dates from the 14th century. It has a four-floor campanile and the interior houses a Madonna del Popolo from Defendente FerrariDefendente FerrariDefendente Ferrari was an Italian painter active in Piedmont.Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin, and worked in the workshop of Giovanni Martino Spanzotti....
's workshop and a Byzantine-school crucifix (12th-13th centuries). - PalazzoPalazzoPalazzo, an Italian word meaning a large building , may refer to:-Buildings:*Palazzo, an Italian type of building**Palazzo style architecture, imitative of Italian palazzi...
dei Marchesi D'Oria, built in the 17th century over a pre-existing building. The House of Savoy had an apartment reserved inside. - Church of San Giuseppe (17th century).