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Salussola
Salussola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Dorzano, Massazza, Roppolo, Verrone, Villanova Biellese. In the last days of World War II, in Salussola was perpetrated a massacre A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians Glossary of French words and expressions in English#En masse, en masse by an armed ... where 20 partisans were murdered by Italian Fascist Soldiers. References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub ...
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Salussola Massacre
The Massacre of Salussola consists in the execution, preceded by torture, of 20 Italian Partisans, committed in retaliation by Italian Fascist soldiers on March 9, 1945, in the town of Salussola (Italy). The facts In late February 1945, the 109th Garibaldi Brigade, was moving across Piedmont ( N.W. Italy) which at the time was occupied by German troops and held by the Italian Black Brigades During the march, a detachment of "Zoppis" made up of 33 partisans, stopped to rest in a farmhouse in the Province of Vercelli. In the early hours of March 1, they were taken by surprise and taken prisoner by a Command of Italian Fascist soldiers. The thirty-three men were all taken to different places and a group of twenty-one was led towards the small town of Biella. The Fascista soldier then pretended to create an exchange with German prisoners. but in Salussola, after a whole night of torture and violences documented by the only one survivor, the prisoners were killed by machin ...
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Province Of Biella
The province of Biella (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''provincia ëd Biela'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. Culture Biella is home to the Sacro Monte di Oropa, Sacred Mountain of Oropa, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003. Municipalities It has an area of and a population of 178 551 (1–1–2017). There are 82 ''Comune, comuni'' (: ''comune'') in the province. The main ''comuni'' (municipalities) by population are: The full list is: * Ailoche * Andorno Micca * Benna, Piedmont, Benna * Biella * Bioglio * Borriana, Piedmont, Borriana * Brusnengo * Callabiana * Camandona * Camburzano * Campiglia Cervo * Candelo * Caprile * Casapinta * Castelletto Cervo * Cavaglià * Cerrione * Coggiola * Cossato * Crevacuore * Crosa, Piedmont, Crosa * Curino * Donato, Piedmont, Donato * Dorzano * Gaglianico * Gifflenga * Graglia * Lessona * Magnano * Massazza * Masse ...
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Italian Resistance Movement
The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy from 1943 to 1945. As a diverse anti-fascist and anti-Nazist movement and organisation, the opposed Nazi Germany and its Fascist puppet state regime, the Italian Social Republic, which the Germans created following the Nazi German invasion and military occupation of Italy by the and the from 8 September 1943 until 25 April 1945. General underground Italian opposition to the Fascist Italian government existed even before World War II, but open and armed resistance followed the German invasion of Italy on 8 September 1943: in Nazi-occupied Italy, the Italian Resistance fighters, known as the ( partisans), fought a ('national liberation war') against the invading German forces; in this context, the anti-fascist of the Italian Resistan ...
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Villanova Biellese
Villanova Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Villanova Biellese borders the following municipalities: Buronzo, Carisio, Massazza, Mottalciata, Salussola Salussola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Do .... References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub ...
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Verrone
Verrone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Verrone borders the following municipalities: Benna (Piemonte), Benna, Candelo, Cerrione, Gaglianico, Massazza, Salussola, Sandigliano. Sights include the medieval castle (a complex of structures once owned by the Vialardi Ghibelline family), and the parish church of St. Lawrence, built from the 6th to the 10th century. References

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Roppolo
Roppolo is a municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Roppolo is located on the southern slopes of Ivrea glacial ridge, west to the Lake of Viverone. It borders the following municipalities: Alice Castello, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Dorzano, Salussola, Viverone, Zimone. The hamlet is mentioned for the first time in a 936 AD document. It is home to Roppolo Castle, largely built during the 14th century. Economy is based on the production of wine and kiwifruit Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry (botany), berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ''Actinidia''. The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, .... References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub ...
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Massazza
Massazza is a small ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin, Italy and about southeast of Biella, Italy. Massazza borders the following municipalities: Benna, Cossato, Mottalciata, Salussola, Verrone, Villanova Biellese Villanova Biellese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Villanova Biellese borders the following municipalities: Buronzo, Carisio .... It is home to a castle, built on a spur above the Biellese Baraggia natural area. The edifice was mentioned for the first time in 1239. References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub ...
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Cerrione
Cerrione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cerrione borders the following municipalities: Borriana, Piedmont, Borriana, Magnano, Roppolo, Salussola, Sandigliano, Verrone, Zimone, Zubiena. Biella-Cerrione Airport is located in Cerrione. References

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Cavaglià
Cavaglià (; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella. Cavaglià borders the following municipalities: Alice Castello, Carisio, Dorzano, Roppolo, Salussola, Santhià. Sights include Rondolino Castle, the Baroque church of St. Michael Archangel, the neo-Renaissance church of Santa Maria di Babilone, and an archaeological site with menhirs from as early as the Iron Age. Twin towns — sister cities Cavaglià is twinned with: * Montbazin Montbazin (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. It is part of the Agglomeration of Sète, Sete. I ..., France (2013) References External linksOfficial website Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub ...
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Carisio
Carisio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Carisio borders the following municipalities: Balocco, Buronzo, Cavaglià, Formigliana, Salussola, Santhià Santhià (; or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Santhià is home to a historic carnival named the ''Carnevale Stori ..., and Villanova Biellese. References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Vercelli-geo-stub ...
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Dorzano
Dorzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about south of Biella Biella (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the northern Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the Province of Biella, province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of .... References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Biella-geo-stub ...
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Biella
Biella (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the northern Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the Province of Biella, province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin and at about the same distance west-northwest of Milan. It lies in the foothills of the Alps, in the Monte Bo, Bo mountain range near Monte Mucrone, Mt. Mucrone and Monte Camino, Camino, an area rich in springs and lakes fed by the glaciers, the heart of the Biellese Alps irrigated by several mountain streams: the Elvo to the west of the town, the Oropa river and the Cervo (torrent), Cervo to the east. Nearby natural and notable tourist attractions include the Zegna Viewpoint, the Bielmonte Ski Resort, Burcina Natural Reserve, and the moors to the south of town. The Sacro Monte di Oropa, Sanctuary of Oropa is a site of religious pilgrimages. In 2003, the Sanctuary of Oropa Sacro Monte di Oropa, Sacred Mountain of Oropa became a UNESC ...
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