Revello 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 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

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 50 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...

 and about 30 km northwest 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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Revello borders the following municipalities: Barge

Barge, Italy

Barge is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 45 km northwest of Cuneo....

, Brondello

Brondello

Brondello is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 349 and an area of 9.9 km². Brondello borders the following municipalities:...

, Cardè

Cardè

Cardè is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,077 and an area of 19.3 km²....

, Castellar

Castellar (Cuneo)

Castellar is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 253 and an area of 3.8 km².Castellar borders the following municipalities: Pagno,...

, Envie

Envie

Envie is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,971 and an area of 25.1 km².The municipality of Envie contains the frazione Occa...

, Gambasca

Gambasca

Gambasca is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2010, it had a population of 403 and an area of 5.8 km²....

, Martiniana Po

Martiniana Po

Martiniana Po is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 25 km northwest of Cuneo. It is located in the lower Valle Po across the Po River....

, Pagno

Pagno

Pagno is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 564 and an area of 8.4 km²....

, Rifreddo

Rifreddo

Rifreddo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southwest of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,071 and an area of 6.8 km².Rifreddo borders the following municipalities: Envie,...

, and Saluzzo

Saluzzo

Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc...

. In the frazione of San Firmino, on the Po River

Po River

The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...

, is the eponymous church, built over an ancient Roman temple (of which parts of two columns remain).

External links

• http://www.comune.revello.cn.it/stampa.htm?a12 has an historic print of the town showing the surrounding countryside, the city walls and the dominating castle.