- Buttigliera Alta
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Buttigliera Alta-Stemma.png
name = Buttigliera Alta
region =Piedmont
province =Province of Turin (TO)
elevation_m = 414
area_total_km2 = 8.25
population_as_of = 28-2-2007
population_total = 6.537
population_density_km2 = 792
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|4|N|7|25|E|type:city(17,036)_region:IT
frazioni = Ferriera
telephone = 011
postalcode = 10090
gentilic = buttiglieresi
saint = San Marco
day = 25 April
mayor = Paolo Ruzzola (2004)
website = [http://www.comune.buttiglieraalta.to.it/ www.comune.buttiglieraalta.to.it/]
mapy = 7.5167
mapx = 45.1000Buttigliera Alta is a town and commune of approximately 6800 inhabitants located about 25 km from
Turin in the Susa valley inPiedmont ,Italy .Geography
It is located very close to
Avigliana , of which it once was a part.History
It first became an independent township on
1619-04-26 whenCarron Giovanni received the feud of Buttigliera, Uriola, and Case Nicola - as well as the title of Count - from the DukeCharles Emmanuel I .From that point in time the history of Buttigliera was intimately tied with the history of the Carron family until the last of the Carrons,
Carron Clementina , died in April 1912.In the first half of 1890 Giuliano Vandel identified Buttigliera as the location for his new factory, which he built lower in the valley from the original Buttigliera. This new section, incorporated in 1891, was called Ferriera, after the town of La Ferriere Sous Jougne, from where Vandel originated.
In the 20th century, the
FIAT group established one of its metallurgical factories in Ferriera, a section of Buttigliera.Main sights
The Abbey of San Michele, which is Piemont's symbol and can be clearly seen from high points in Turin. It is located at the entrance to the Susa Valley.
Another site worthy of visiting is the preceptory of
Sant'Antonio di Ranverso . The church in this religious complex goes back to 1121. The complex itself includes amongst other things a flour mill which the monks received onJune 7 ,1188 , from Umberto III of Moriana Savoia. Along with the mill, he also granted a forest. Even before that, at this site there was also a hospital. Every year, a "Living Nativity Scene" is enacted here.External links
* [http://www.comune.buttiglieraalta.to.it/ Official website of Buttigliera Alta]
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