Bene Vagienna
Encyclopedia
Bene Vagienna is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cuneo
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 60 km south of Turin
and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo
.
Bene Vagienna borders the following municipalities: Carrù
, Fossano
, Lequio Tanaro
, Magliano Alpi
, Narzole
, Piozzo
, Salmour
, and Trinità
.
as Augusta Bagiennorum
, believed to have been the capital of the Ligurian tribe
of the Bagienni
, was located in the frazione
Roncaglia.
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 60 km south 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 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...
.
Bene Vagienna borders the following municipalities: Carrù
Carrù
Carrù is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo....
, Fossano
Fossano
Fossano is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra....
, Lequio Tanaro
Lequio Tanaro
Lequio Tanaro is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Magliano Alpi
Magliano Alpi
Magliano Alpi is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km south of Turin and about 20 km northeast of Cuneo...
, Narzole
Narzole
Narzole is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km south of Turin and about 35 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,341 and an area of 26.4 km²....
, Piozzo
Piozzo
Piozzo is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 984 and an area of 14.2 km²....
, Salmour
Salmour
Salmour is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km south of Turin and about 30 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 716 and an area of 12.5 km²....
, and Trinità
Trinità
Trinità is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km south of Turin and about 20 km northeast of Cuneo....
.
History
The ancient town known to the RomansAncient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
as Augusta Bagiennorum
Augusta Bagiennorum
Augusta Bagiennorum was the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Bagienni. It was located in what is now the commune of Bene Vagienna, in the province of Cuneo , on the upper course of the Tanaro, about due south of Turin...
, believed to have been the capital of the Ligurian tribe
Ligures
The Ligures were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria, a region of north-western Italy.-Classical sources:...
of the Bagienni
Bagienni
The Bagienni were an ancient Ligurian people of north-western Italy mentioned in Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia. They were based in various areas of what is today south-western Piedmont, but particularly in the upper part of the Tanaro valley. They were also present in the Val Trebbia in...
, was located in the frazione
Frazione
A 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...
Roncaglia.