Grinzane Cavour
Encyclopedia
Grinzane Cavour is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 50 km southeast of Turin
and about 45 km northeast of Cuneo
.
Grinzane Cavour borders the municipalities of Alba and Diano d'Alba
.
Originally simply known as Grinzane, it switched to the current name in homage to Camillo Benso, Count Cavour, who was mayor of the city for 17 years.
The main attraction is the massive medieval castle, built in the 13th or in the mid-14th century. It has a rectangular plan with a massive keep. Grinzane Cavour is also the seat of the eponymous literary award.
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 Cuneo
Province of Cuneo
ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....
in the Italian
Italy
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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 50 km southeast 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...
and about 45 km northeast of Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
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Grinzane Cavour borders the municipalities of Alba and Diano d'Alba
Diano d'Alba
Diano d'Alba is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo....
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Originally simply known as Grinzane, it switched to the current name in homage to Camillo Benso, Count Cavour, who was mayor of the city for 17 years.
The main attraction is the massive medieval castle, built in the 13th or in the mid-14th century. It has a rectangular plan with a massive keep. Grinzane Cavour is also the seat of the eponymous literary award.