Azeglio

Azeglio

Azeglio

Comune in Piedmont, Italy

This article is about the Italian municipality in Piedmont. For the Italian masculine given name, see Azeglio (name).

Azeglio (Italian: [adˈdzɛʎʎo, adˈdzeʎʎo];[3] Piedmontese: Asèj [aˈzɛj]) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Turin.

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Azeglio borders the following municipalities: Bollengo, Palazzo Canavese, Piverone, Albiano d'Ivrea, Viverone, Caravino, Settimo Rottaro, and Borgo d'Ale.

Main sights

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Demographic data from Istat
  3. [3]
    "Azeglio". Dizionario d'Ortografia e di Pronunzia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps



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