Savigliano Explained

Savigliano
Official Name:Città di Savigliano
Coordinates:44.65°N 45°W
Region:Piedmont
Province:Cuneo (CN)
Frazioni:Apparizione, Braida, Canavere Alte, Canavere Basse, Cascina Due Porte, Cavallotta, Ex Ferriera, Levaldigi, Martinetto-Consolata, Oropa, Palazzo, Rigrasso, San Salvatore, Sanità, Solere, Suniglia, Tetti Roccia, Tetti Vigna
Mayor:Antonello Portera
Area Total Km2:110.79
Population Total:21442
Population As Of:1 January 2021
Population Demonym:Saviglianese(i)
Elevation M:321
Saint:St. Sebastian
Day:August 19
Postal Code:12038
Area Code:0172

Savigliano (Savijan) is a Italian: [[comune]] of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about 50km (30miles) south of Turin by rail.

It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.

Main sights

Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I to Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain.

There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives.

Notable people

Twin towns

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pema Corplast Corridonia: Elena Busso rimane e spiega il perchè – Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile. Legavolley femminile. it-IT. 2020-02-17.
  2. Web site: Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli Italian astronomer. Encyclopedia Britannica. en. 2020-02-17.