Frossasco is a '' commune'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about 30 km south west of

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History

Even if the

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were the inhabit the area of Frossasco. After the fall of the

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the

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settled here, as can be seen by the archaeological excavation that in the Bivio area brought back to light by the old necropolis. The layout of the town centre has an apparently typical Roman layout, but is of medieval origins. Frossasco later was owned by the abbey of Novalesa, which donated it in 1064 to the Santa Maria Cloister of Pinerolo owned by the Marchioness

Adelaide of Susa Adelaide of Susa (also ''Adelheid'', ''Adelais'', or ''Adeline''; – 19 December 1091) was the countess of part of the March of Ivrea and the Marchioness of Turin in Northwestern Italy from 1034 to her death. She was the last of the Arduin ...

. The hamlet was given in 1561 to the Count Provana of Leyni and, later on, from 1536 to 1539, was occupied by the French. It went back to the

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but was again under the French between 1593 and 1595, until it became an Italian municipality.

Sagra degli Abbà

Sagra degli Abbà is festival which celebrates the four contrades of the town. It is held in the beginning of August.

Twin towns — sister cities

Frossasco is twinned with: *

Saint-Jean-de-Moirans Saint-Jean-de-Moirans (, literally ''Saint-Jean of Moirans'') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population Economy The international Corporate Headquarters of the Rossignol Skis Group is located in Saint-Jean-de ...

, France *

Piamonte Piamonte is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. Piamonte was founded in 1959 as a district of the municipality of Santa Rosa. Its inhabitants are settlers from various regions of the interior of Colombia that have been est ...

, Argentina

References

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