Savigliano
Savigliano is a comune of Piedmont, Northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about south of Turin by rail.
It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.
Main sights
Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church, 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.
Notable people
- Elena Busso, volleyball player
- Sara Curtis, swimmer
- Santorre di Santarosa, an Italian Philhellene
- Luca Filippi, racing driver
- Giovanni Schiaparelli, astronomer
Twin towns
- Pylos, Greece, since 1962
- Mormanno, Italy, since 1962
- Villa María, Argentina, since 2000