Saluzzo

Saluzzo ( Piedmontese Salusse, occitan Saluças, französ. Saluces ) is a city in the Italian province of Cuneo in the southwest of the Piedmont region.

The city has 16,800 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) and is located 50 km south of Turin. The patron saint of the city is San Chiaffredo.

Geography

Saluzzo is situated at an average altitude of 395 m above sea level at the foot of a mountain slope, where the Po Valley ( upper reaches of the river) also occurs in the Po Valley. The originating within the Cozie Alps Po flows approximately 3 km north over the city and begins to meander here in the plane.

A portion of the city lies in a flat area, the other on the other hand, some steep slopes. The municipality covers an area of ​​75 km ².

Neighboring communities of Saluzzo are Cardè, Castellar, Lagnasco, Manta, Moretta, Pagno, Revello, Scarnafigi and Torre San Giorgio.

History

From 1142 Saluzzo was a margraviate, first under a Manfred, who was a son of Boniface, Marquis of Savona. The line ended in 1548, when the city and the territory was occupied by the French. As the Marquis were opponents of the House of Savoy and took part in the disputes between France and the Empire, the city was often plagued by war.

Henry IV transferred the county with the Peace of Lyon 1601 Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy.

Attractions

In Saluzzo, there are several interesting medieval buildings. inter alia

  • Built in 1491-1501 three-nave cathedral. In the chancel there is there a group of terracotta statues from the 16th century and a triptych by 1511th
  • The church of San Giovanni is a three-aisled early Gothic church. Its construction was started in 1330.
  • The Casa Cavassa from the 15th century, now home to a museum, which paintings and furniture of Silvio Pellico issues.

Population

Demographic development

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Consolata Betrone (1903-1946), Capuchin nun and mystic
  • Giorgio Biandrata (1515-1590), founder of the Unitarian churches in Poland and Transylvania
  • Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), Italian typographer
  • Federico Lombardi, SJ ( born 1942 ) is Director-General of Radio Vatican and head of the Vatican Press Office
  • Magda Olivero (* 1910), Italian opera singer (soprano )
  • Silvio Pellico (1789-1854), Italian writer
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