San Benigno Canavese
Encyclopedia
San Benigno Canavese is a comune
(municipality) in the province of Turin
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 20 km northeast of Turin
, whose territory is bordered by the Malone and Orco
rivers.
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 northeast 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...
, whose territory is bordered by the Malone and Orco
Orco
The Orco is an Italian river. It originates in the glaciers of the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso, and after about 90 km reaches the Po River near Chivasso...
rivers.
Main sights
- FruttuariaFruttuariathumb|300px|Bell tower of the abbey.Fruttuaria is an abbey in the territory of San Benigno Canavese, about twenty kilometers north of Turin, northern Italy.-History:...
abbey (founded in 1003). Of the original Romanesque edifice, only the bell tower remains today. - Griffons Mosaic, considered amongst the most notable example of mosaicMosaicMosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...
art in Piedmont. - Ricetto ("Fortified store", 15th century), of which one of the three gates and a corner tower are visible today.