Agliè is a
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
(municipality) in the
Province of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin....
in the
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
region
PiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km
2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...
, located about 35 km north of
TurinTurin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...
.
The municipality of Agliè contains the
frazioniA frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Madonna delle Grazie, Santa Maria, and San Grato. Agliè borders the following municipalities:
San Martino CanaveseSan Martino Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin...
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Torre CanaveseTorre Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin....
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BairoBairo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin.Bairo borders the following municipalities: Castellamonte, Torre Canavese, Agliè, and Ozegna....
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VialfrèVialfrè is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 233 and an area of 4.5 km²....
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CuceglioCuceglio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 948 and an area of 6.9 km²....
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San Giorgio CanaveseSan Giorgio Canavese is a town in the province of Turin in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy.The main attraction is the castle, once a possession of the Novarese counts of Biandrate.-External links:* *...
, and
OzegnaOzegna is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,192 and an area of 5.5 km²....
.
Agliè's min attraction is its
Castello Ducale, one of the
Residences of the Royal House of SavoyThe Residences of the Royal House of Savoy is a group of structures in Turin and its province, in Piedmont . Added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997, it includes the following patrimonies:-Residences:*In Turin:...
, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list.
Agliè is a
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
(municipality) in the
Province of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin....
in the
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
region
PiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km
2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...
, located about 35 km north of
TurinTurin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...
.
The municipality of Agliè contains the
frazioniA frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Madonna delle Grazie, Santa Maria, and San Grato. Agliè borders the following municipalities:
San Martino CanaveseSan Martino Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin...
,
Torre CanaveseTorre Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin....
,
BairoBairo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin.Bairo borders the following municipalities: Castellamonte, Torre Canavese, Agliè, and Ozegna....
,
VialfrèVialfrè is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 233 and an area of 4.5 km²....
,
CuceglioCuceglio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 948 and an area of 6.9 km²....
,
San Giorgio CanaveseSan Giorgio Canavese is a town in the province of Turin in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy.The main attraction is the castle, once a possession of the Novarese counts of Biandrate.-External links:* *...
, and
OzegnaOzegna is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,192 and an area of 5.5 km²....
.
Main sights
Agliè's min attraction is its
Castello Ducale, one of the
Residences of the Royal House of SavoyThe Residences of the Royal House of Savoy is a group of structures in Turin and its province, in Piedmont . Added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997, it includes the following patrimonies:-Residences:*In Turin:...
, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. Dating from the 12th century, originally a possession of the counts of San Martino. In the 17th century it was turned into a rich residence by count Filippo of Agliè, but was ravaged during the French invasion of 1706. In 1765 it was acquired by Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy, who had it radically renewed ten years later, under design by Ignazio Birago di Bòrgaro. Thenceforth it was a summer residence for the Dukes of Savoy
Kings of SardiniaKingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720, when the crown of Sardinia was awarded by the Treaty of London to Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy to compensate him for the loss of the crown of Sicily to...
. It was sold to the Italian state in 1939.
It has a monumental façade with two stairs and a fountain; the interior includes 300 rooms, mostly provided with contemporary furniture. The castle is surrounded by large
EnglishThe English garden or English landscape park is a style of landscape garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical Garden à la française of the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe....
- and Italian-style gardens. It was used as the location for the Italian series
Elisa di Rivombrosa http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319344/ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_di_Rivombrosa http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa_%28Telenovela%29 as Rivombrosa.
Other sights include:
- Church of Santa Marta, a notable example of Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical, theatrical, sculptural fashion, expressing the triumph of absolutist church and state. New architectural concerns for color, light and...
by Costanzo Michela
- Parrocchiale di San Massimo, annexed to the castle
- Villa Meleto, a 19th century countryside residence used by poet Guido Gozzano
Guido Gustavo Gozzano was an Italian poet and writer.-Biography:He was born in Turin, the son of Fausto Gozzano, an engineer, and of Diodata Mautino, the daughter of Senator Mautino, patriot and supporter of Giuseppe Mazzini and Massimo D'Azeglio...
- Church of San Gaudenzio, where Gozzano is buried.
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