Monteu da Po is a small ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
Metropolitan City of Turin,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, 32 km north-east of Turin.
History
Monteu da Po was an ancient settlement of the
Ligures
The Ligures (singular Ligur; Italian: liguri; English: Ligurians) were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named.
Ancient Liguria corresponded more or less to the current Italian regi ...
. Its pre-Roman name, which appears on
inscriptions of the early imperial period, was Bodincomagus from the Ligurian name of the
Po, ''Bodincus'', which meant "bottomless".
[Pliny, ''Hist. Nat.'' iii. 122] It stood on the right bank of the river, which has since changed its course and runs now a kilometre to the north of the town.
In Roman times this became the flourishing
colonia Industria of the Augustan Regio IX, enrolled in the
''tribus Pollia''. Its importance derived from its location on the road which followed the Po from
Augusta Taurinorum to
Vardagate.
Excavations have brought to light a tower, a cult building (previously identified as a theatre), a sanctuary of Isis, valuable bronze figures (some of them made locally) and numerous inscriptions.
Industria appears to have been deserted in the fourth century CE.
The name "Monteu" came from Latin ''
mons acutus'', meaning "sharp mountain".
References
Sources
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External links
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INDU´STRIA” in William Smith, Ed. (1854), ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''.
Industriaat the Perseus Digital Library.
Page at comuni italiani website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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