Dogliani () is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Cuneo
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in the
Italian region
Piedmont
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, located about southeast of
Turin
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and about northeast of
Cuneo
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It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) ...
.
Dogliani borders the following municipalities:
Belvedere Langhe,
Bonvicino,
Bossolasco,
Cissone
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,
Farigliano,
Lequio Tanaro,
Monchiero,
Monforte d'Alba
Monforte d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo.
Monforte d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Barolo, Castiglione Fa ...
,
Roddino, and
Somano.
Aside from local craftmanship, the economy is mostly based on agriculture: most of the area is occupied by
vine
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s, used for the production of the
Dolcetto di Dogliani wine. There are also several woods of
common hazels.
Dogliani is also known for it
Presepio Vivente A tradition started in 1975 that occurs yearly on the night of December 23 and 24 where the town's citizens enact the nativity scene.
History
The town was a settlement of the
Ligures
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Ancient Liguria corresponded more or less to the current Italian reg ...
, a pre-
Roman population. The Roman conquered its area in around 200-100 B.C, although Dogliani is mentioned for the first time in the Middle Ages, as the place of a castle and a borough surrounded by walls along the Rea torrent.
Dogliani was likely a fief of the
Aleramici
The House of Aleramici were a medieval Italian noble family of Frankish origin which ruled various northwestern counties and marches, in Piedmont and Liguria from the tenth to the 14th centuries.
History
The founder of the family was William I ...
family, and later was owned by the
marquisses of Busca,
those of Saluzzo and, starting from the early 17th century, by the
House of Savoy
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. In the 19th century, Dogliani received numerous new buildings designed by the eclectic architect
Giovanni Battista Schellino.
Main sights
*Parish church of Santi Quirico and Paolo (1869), designed by G.B. Schellino
*Town Hall, built from 1460 but largely revised by Schellino in the 19th century. It has kept a nave and a portico from the Renaissance church of the Carmine
*Church of the Confraternita dei Battuti (18th century)
*Civic Hospital, another creation of Schellino
*Church of St. Lawrence, originally (12th century) having a nave and two aisles. Later Schellino modified it in neo-Gothic style.
*Church of Immacolata Concezione, another creation of Schellino
*House-tower Perno di Caldera, of medieval origins
*Neo-Gothic entrance to the cemetery, also designed by Schellino (1855 - 1867)
*Porta Soprana, a medieval gate
*Civic Tower (known from the 12th century)
Twin towns — sister cities
Dogliani is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Jarnac, France, since 2000
*
Lautertal, Germany, since 2016
People
*
Michele Ferrero
Michele Ferrero (; 26 April 1925 – 14 February 2015) was an Italian billionaire businessman. He owned the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA, Europe's second largest confectionery company (at the time of his death), which he developed from t ...
(1925-2015), owner of the
Ferrero SpA
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chocolate manufacturers.
*
Giovanni Battista Schellino (1818-1905), Italian architect responsible for designing eighteen buildings in Dogliani.
*
Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961), second President of the Italian Republic, intellectual, economist and founder o
Poderi Luigi Einaudi in Dogliani
References
External links
Official website
Dogliani
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