Grinzane Cavour is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about southeast 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 ...

and about northeast of

Cuneo Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...

. Grinzane Cavour borders the municipalities of

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and

Diano d'Alba Diano d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Diano d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Alba (CN), Alba, Bene ...

. Originally simply known as Grinzane, it switched to the current name in homage to Camillo Benso, Count Cavour, who was mayor of the city for 17 years. The main attraction is the massive medieval castle. Until 2009, Grinzane Cavour was also the seat of the eponymous

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Twin towns

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, Italy

References

External links

Official website
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