Rivoli, Piedmont
Grugliasco Villarbasse, Rivalta di Torino, Orbassano
Rivoli ( Rìvole Piedmontese ) is a town with 48,756 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) 15 km west of Turin in northwest Italy. It is located in the Piedmont region and belongs politically to the province of Turin.
- 3.1 mayor and council
- 3.2 Town twinning
Geography
The hill is on the day the Castle of Rivoli ( Rivoli ), was formed during the Ice Age. He is the last foothills of the Alps at the beginning of the Susa Valley, extends most of the city over the Po Valley in the.
The neighboring municipalities are Turin, Pianezza Caselette, Alpignano, Collegno, Rosta, Grugliasco Villarbasse, Rivalta di Torino and Orbassano.
History
In the first century BC, a Roman base was established on the road from Augusta Taurinorum (Turin ) to Gaul at the site of today's Rivoli. 312 AD met at Rivoli for the first time the armies of Constantine and Maxentius each other.
996 Emperor Otto III confirmed. Amizone Bishop of Turin possession of Curtis Rivole. 1247 were the lords of Savoia Rivoli, the fortified the place with a city wall. They started with the construction of the castle. In the 16th and 17th centuries Rivoli was destroyed several times by the French. After the Treaty of Utrecht gave Duke Victor Amadeus II the construction of the residence in Rivoli in order.
After the Second World War a DP camp was established for Jewish Displaced Persons (DP), who had fled to northern Italy by the American military government in 1945 in Rivoli. In the camp, which was managed by the UNRRA temporarily lived up to 1650 DPs.
Demographics
Policy
The mayor and council
Guido Tallone (PD ) was elected in June 2004 to the mayor. His center-left alliance also with 20 of 30 seats, the majority in the City Council.
Twinning
Rivoli maintains partnerships with the following cities:
- Montelimar (France)
- Ravensburg ( Germany )
- Mollet del Vallès (Spain )
- Kranj (Slovenia )
Attractions
The Castello di Rivoli originally dates from the 13th century. It was destroyed several times. Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy gave Filippo Juvarra in 1718 the contract for the construction of the residence which was however not completed because of financial difficulties. 1792 made Carlo Randoni the ruined building habitable. From 1979, the Piedmont Region had the castle renovated to 1984 and set up the Museum of Modern Art (Museo di Arte Contemporanea ). This was soon one of the main squares of European contemporary art and includes permanent exhibitions of internationally renowned artists. The fragmentary Rococo frescoes form a delightful contrast to the modern installations. 1991 was the date 38 halls comprehensive museum to the third floor of the Manica Lunga (long wing ), an earlier than Pinakothek used outbuildings of the castle, expanded. The long wing is 140 meters long and 7 meters wide, hosts temporary exhibitions and has a meeting room, a library, a video library, teaching laboratories, books stores, reading rooms and a Coffee shop. The entire museum in the castle today includes an exhibition area of around 7,000 square meters. The palace ranks since 1997 as part of the Savoy Residences, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Corso Francia was built as a road from Turin to France. Even today, this connects via a 12 km long straight stretch Rivoli Turin.