Col San Giovanni
Frazione in Piedmont, Italy
45°12′56″N 7°22′38″E / 45.21556°N 7.37722°E / 45.21556; 7.37722![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Piedmont.svg/23px-Flag_of_Piedmont.svg.png)
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Col San Giovanni is a frazione (and a parish) of the municipality of Viù, in Piedmont, northern Italy.
Name
In former times the village was named Collis ad sancti Joannis or Collo di San Giovanni.[3]
History
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Col San Giovanni was first mentioned in a document signed in 1011 by Landolfo, archbishop of Turin.[3]
Since 1927 it was a separate comune (municipality).[4]
Relevant buildings
The local church was built from 1614 on the site of a previous one and it was renovated in 1922 to allow the transit of a new road. Its bell tower is the oldest of the Lanzo Valleys and was built at the end of the 11th century.[4]
References
- ^ Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
- ^ 14 °Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (accessed in February 2014)
- ^ a b Goffredo Casalis (1856). Dizionario geografico-storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S. M. il Re di Sardegna. Vol. 5. Torino: Maspero. pp. 333–336.
- ^ a b CHIESA PARROCCHIALE DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA (fraz. Col San Giovanni), page on www.comune.viu.to.it Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on February 2014)
External links
Media related to Col San Giovanni at Wikimedia Commons