Canavese
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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 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...
. Its main town is Ivrea
Ivrea
Ivrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley , it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that, in prehistoric times, formed a great lake...
and it is famous for its castles.
Location
To the north it borders on the Aosta Valley and to the east on the provinces of BiellaProvince of Biella
The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...
and Vercelli
Province of Vercelli
Vercelli is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is Vercelli., it has an area of 2,088 km², and a total population of 176,829...
. To the south and west the borders have varied over time but might be taken as being the rivers Stura di Lanzo
Stura di Lanzo
Stura di Lanzo is a 65 km long river in north-western Italy . It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin.The name Stura has Celtic origin: stur, which means "to fall".-External links:...
and Po
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...
. The valley of the river 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...
and the area around Corio
Corio
Corio may refer to*Corio, Victoria*Division of Corio*Corio, Piedmont, a commune in the province of Turin, northern Italy*Corio, a Dutch real property company...
fall within the Canavese. Turin, however, is entirely excluded.
The main centres, in addition to Ivrea, are Caluso
Caluso
Caluso is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,387 and an area of 39.5 km²....
, Chivasso
Chivasso
Chivasso is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin. Chivasso has a population of about 25,000...
, Cirié
Cirié
Cirié is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northwest of Turin.Cirié borders the following municipalities: Nole, San Carlo Canavese, San Maurizio Canavese and Robassomero....
, Cuorgnè
Cuorgnè
Cuorgnè 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 10,084 and an area of 19.4 km²....
and Rivarolo Canavese
Rivarolo Canavese
Rivarolo Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 30 km north of Turin.-Main sights:...
.
List of places in Canavese
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Foglizzo Foglizzo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northeast of Turin. It is part of the Canavese historical region.... Forno Canavese Forno Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,743 and an area of 16.7 km².... Frassinetto Frassinetto is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 287 and an area of 24.7 km².... Ivrea Ivrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley , it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that, in prehistoric times, formed a great lake... Lanzo Torinese Lanzo Torinese is a comune in the Province of Turin, region of Piedmont, northwestern Italy. It is located about 30 km northwest of Turin at the mouth of the Valli di Lanzo.-History:... Leinì Leinì is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 13 km north of Turin.-External links:*... Lessolo Lessolo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,990 and an area of 7.9 km².... Levone Levone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northwest of Turin. The first recorded document to mention Levone dates back to 1197... Locana Locana is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley... Lusigliè Lusigliè 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 549 and an area of 5.1 km².... Maglione Maglione is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 497 and an area of 6.2 km².... Mazzè Mazzè is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,058 and an area of 27.8 km².... Montalenghe Montalenghe is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin.-Main sights:*Church of San Pietro, built in the 13th century but restored in the late 19th century.... Noasca Noasca is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 197 and an area of 77.7 km².... Nole Nole is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northwest of Turin in the lower Canavese, at the feet of the Valli di Lanzo.... Ozegna Ozegna is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km north of Turin.... Pavone Canavese Pavone Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin... Perosa Canavese Perosa Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 590 and an area of 5.0 km²... Pont-Canavese Pont-Canavese, also Pont Canvese, is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin... Ribordone Ribordone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 81 and an area of 44.2 km².... |
Rivara Rivara is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Canavese area of the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 40 km north of Turin... Rivarolo Canavese Rivarolo Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 30 km north of Turin.-Main sights:... Rivarossa Rivarossa is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,503 and an area of 11.0 km².... Romano Canavese Romano Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin.-Main sights:*Communal Tower , now turned into a church bell tower, and the surrounding park.... Ronco Canavese Ronco Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 353 and an area of 96.7 km².... Salassa Salassa is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin in the Canavese traditional region.-Main sights:... San Benigno Canavese San Benigno Canavese is a comune 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.-Main sights:... San Francesco al Campo San Francesco al Campo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.-References:... San Maurizio Canavese San Maurizio Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 15 km northwest of Turin... Scarmagno Scarmagno is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northeast of Turin.... Settimo Rottaro Settimo Rottaro is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. It takes its name from its distance from Ivrea, amounting to seven Roman miles.Settimo Rottaro borders the following municipalities: Azeglio, Caravino, Borgo d'Ale,... Sparone Sparone is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 40 km northwest of Turin in the Canavese.... Strambino Strambino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,132 and an area of 22.7 km².... Valperga Valperga is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin, in the Canavese historical region.... Valprato Soana Valprato Soana is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin, in Val Soana, included in the Gran Paradiso National Park. It borders the municipalities Cogne, Champorcher, Ronco Canavese, Traversella and Vico Canavese.... Vauda Canavese Vauda Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,505 and an area of 7.2 km².... Vestignè Vestignè is a comune in the Province of Turin in Piedmont, northern Italy, located about 40 km northeast of Turin.Vestignè borders the following municipalities: Ivrea, Albiano d'Ivrea, Strambino, Caravino, Borgomasino, and Vische.... Viù Viù is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northwest of Turin.... Volpiano Volpiano is a comune in the Province of Turin, in the Italian region Piedmont.The city is located about 15 km north-east of Turin.... |
History
The first inhabitants of Canavese were the SalassiSalassi
The Salassi were an Alpine tribe whose lands lay on the Italian side of the Little St Bernard Pass across the Graian Alps to Lyons, and the Great St Bernard Pass over the Pennine Alps...
, a tribe of Celto
Celt
The Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.The earliest archaeological culture commonly accepted as Celtic, or rather Proto-Celtic, was the central European Hallstatt culture , named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria....
-Ligurian
Ligures
The Ligures were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria, a region of north-western Italy.-Classical sources:...
roots; the Romans arrived in 22 BCE.
When the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
fell, Canavese fell under the domination of Byzantium
Byzantium
Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas . The name Byzantium is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion...
. It was then conquered by Lombards
Lombards
The Lombards , also referred to as Longobards, were a Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin, who from 568 to 774 ruled a Kingdom in Italy...
and later by Franks
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
.
After the death of Arduino, marquis of Ivrea and the first to bear the title of king of Italy (1015), the Counts of Canavese (who all claimed to be his descendents) shared out the region. This was the beginning of the big families of Canavese: San Martino, Valperga, de Candia, Castellamonte, and later the Biandrate family from Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
.
The House of Savoy
House of Savoy
The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...
started its political expansion in Canavese in the 14th century, and the Commune of Ivrea as well as the Canavese Counts became their subjects.
In the 16th century, Canavese came under French domination, then Spanish domination, then back to French domination. Napoleon's defeat in 1814 returned Canavese under the House of Savoy.
Main sights
- Sacro Monte di BelmonteSacro Monte di Belmontethumb|350px|View of the sanctuary.The Sacred Mountain of Belmonte is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Valperga, near Turin...
- House of King ArduinArduinArduin is a fictional universe and fantasy role-playing system created in the mid 1970s by David A. Hargrave. It was perhaps the first "cross-genre" fantasy RPG, with everything from interstellar wars to horror and historical drama, although it was based primarily in the medieval fantasy...
at CuorgnèCuorgnèCuorgnè 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 10,084 and an area of 19.4 km².... - Cathedral and Church of St. Bernardino at IvreaIvreaIvrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley , it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that, in prehistoric times, formed a great lake...
- 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
Canavese is also home to numerous castles of medieval origin, such as those of Ivrea, Parella, Malgrà, Agliè and others.