Villar Perosa (
Occitan ''Lhi Vialars''; French: ''Grand-Villars'') is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about southwest of
Turin
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Villar Perosa borders the following municipalities:
Pinasca,
San Pietro Val Lemina,
Inverso Pinasca,
San Germano Chisone,
Porte. Once a predominantly agricultural center, it is now an industrial hub with two
SKF
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plants and one of
ZF Sachs
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History
Agnelli family estate
The area is often associated with the
Agnelli family
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of
Fiat fame as the family estate is located there. Members of the Agnelli family have lived in the country house since 1811.
Marella Agnelli
Marella Agnelli (; born Donna Marella Caracciolo dei Principi di Castagneto ; 4 May 1927 – 23 February 2019)''Almanach de Gotha''. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1942. pp. 398–399. was an Italian noblewoman, art collector, socialite, style icon an ...
, widow of
Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce a ...
, lived there.
The family estate has a football pitch which is sometimes used by
Juventus for friendlies or training. It hosts an annual intra-squad friendly between the first team and the Primavera.
Twin towns
*
Pizzoni, Italy
* Großvillars, part of
Oberderdingen, Germany
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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