San Maurizio Canavese is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont , located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Turin .
4-540: San Maurizio Canavese borders the following municipalities: San Carlo Canavese , San Francesco al Campo , Cirié , Leinì , Robassomero and Caselle Torinese . The company Alenia Aeronautica has an office on the property of Turin Caselle Airport and in S. Maurizio Canavese. In pre- Roman times the area was inhabited by Celt - Ligurian tribes. In the Middle Ages, starting from the 13th century, it
8-583: A location in the Province of Turin is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . San Carlo Canavese San Carlo Canavese is a comune (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Turin , Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Turin . It was established in XVI° century by emancipating itsel from Ciriè 's marquisdom. Until 1827 its name was "Vauda di Ciriè", from
12-429: The ancient german language "Wald" meaning "forest". From the same age, the little town hosts an artillery shooting range. The only monumental richness is a little church, rest of an abbey church: this church, that saves some parts romanesque , namely the tower and an apse , is dedicated to Saint Mary ; remarkable is also a cycle of frescoes , decorating the apse, and dated to XV° century . San Carlo Canavese borders
16-699: Was part of the lands of the Marquisses of Montferrat . During the Unification of Italy , it was, together with Fenestrelle , a location for the imprisonment of rebels from the former Kingdom of Two Sicilies . In the late course of World War II, Carlo Angela , father of TV science host Piero Angela and then director of the clinic for mental diseases "Villa Turina Amione" in San Maurizio, gave shelter to several antifascist opposers and Jews fleeing from German and RSI soldiers. This article on
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