Col San Giovanni
Col San Giovanni | |
|---|---|
 Panorama from punta Sourela | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region |  Piedmont |
| Province | Turin (TO) |
| Comune | Viù |
| Elevation | 1,118 m (3,668 ft) |
| Population (2001)[2] | |
| • Total | 55 |
| Time zone | UTC+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
Col San Giovanni was first mentioned in a document signed in 1011 by Landolfo, archibishop 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 (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 (accessed on February 2014)
External links
Media related to Col San Giovanni at Wikimedia Commons