Azeglio (; ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin
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in the
Italian region
Piedmont
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, located about northeast of
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
.
Azeglio borders the following municipalities:
Bollengo,
Palazzo Canavese,
Piverone,
Albiano d'Ivrea,
Viverone,
Caravino,
Settimo Rottaro, and
Borgo d'Ale.
Main sights
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile dwellings (or
stilt house
Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on Stilts (architecture), stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; they als ...
) settlements that are part of the
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.
[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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Main sights also include Azeglio Castle, located on a hilltop in the centre of the village.Facino Cane
References
Canavese
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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