Monteu da Po is a small municipality () in the

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, 32 km north-east of Turin.

History

Monteu da Po was an ancient settlement of the

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. 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 In Roman times it became the flourishing colonia named Industria, positioned in the Augustan Regio IX, and enrolled in the ''tribus Pollia''. It was an important river port and market place. Indeed, at that age, the

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stood on the right bank of the river Po, which has since changed its course, and flows now a kilometer further north. Excavations have brought to light a tower, a cult building (previously identified as a theatre), a sanctuary of

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, valuable bronze figures (some of them made locally), shops, and inscriptions. Industria appears to have been deserted in the fourth century CE, probably due to

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raids. Today name "Monteu" has a not sure provenance. Main sights include the ruins of Industria and Monteu da Po Castle.

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*�
INDU´STRIA
” in William Smith, Ed. (1854), ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''.
Industria
at the Perseus Digital Library.
Page at comuni italiani website

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