Col San Giovanni

Frazione in Piedmont, Italy
45°12′56″N 7°22′38″E / 45.21556°N 7.37722°E / 45.21556; 7.37722CountryItalyRegion PiedmontProvinceTurin (TO)ComuneViùElevation
[1]
1,118 m (3,668 ft)Population
 (2001)[2]
 • Total55Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
10070
Dialing code(+39) 0123

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

Church tower

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

  1. ^ Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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)

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