Savigliano
Savigliano (Savijan saviˈjɑŋ; Savilhan; Savillan) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo, in the Northern Italian region of Piedmont, about 50 km south of Turin by rail. It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.
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• Name — Savigliano • Official Name — Città di Savigliano • Native Name — Savijan • Shield Size — px • Region — Piedmont • Province — Cuneo (CN) • Frazioni — Apparizione, Braida, Canavere Alte, Canavere Basse, Cascina Due Porte, Cavallotta, Ex Ferriera, Levaldigi, Martinetto-Consolata, Oropa, Palazzo, Rigrasso, San Salvatore, Sanità, Solere, Suniglia, Tetti Roccia, Tetti Vigna • Mayor — Antonello Portera • Area Total Km2 — 110.79 • Population Total — 21442 • Population As Of — 1 January 2021 • Population Demonym — Saviglianese(i) • Elevation M — 321 • Saint — St. Sebastian • Day — August 19 • Postal Code — 12038 • Area Code — 0172
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Main sights
Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I to Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain. There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives.
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Notable people
• Elena Busso, volleyball player • Sara Curtis (born 2006), swimmer • Santorre di Santarosa, an Italian Philhellene • Luca Filippi, racing driver • Giovanni Schiaparelli, astronomer
Twin towns
Twin towns
• Greece Pylos, Greece, since 1962 • Mormanno, Italy, since 1962 • Villa María, Argentina, since 2000
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