Meana di Susa (French: Méans) is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Turin The Metropolitan City of Turin (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the prov ...

in the

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region of

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, located about 50 km west 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 ...

. Meana di Susa borders the municipalities of

Susa Susa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh River, Karkheh and Dez River, Dez Rivers in Iran. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital o ...

Gravere Gravere () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. Until 1713, it was the first commune in the Val di Susa in the Duchy of Savoy when coming from France ...

, Mattie,

Usseaux Usseaux (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin. Usseaux borders the following municipalities: Exilles, Chiomonte, Gravere, Meana di Susa, Prage ...

, and

Fenestrelle Fenestrelle (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. It is the location of the Fenestrelle Fort, an alpine fortification which guarded the route between t ...

. The village name is derived from its original Latin name of ''Mediana'', signifying its location as the midpoint on the road from Paris to Rome. Residents are known as "Meanesi." From September 1943 until April 1945, Meana served as a hub of the

Italian Resistance Movement The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy ...

against the occupying German Nazi Army and their

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allies. It is here that

Ada Gobetti Ada Gobetti (later Marchesini; ; 14 July 1902 – 14 March 1968) was an Italian teacher, journalist and anti-fascist leader. Biography With her husband Piero Gobetti she contributed to several antifascist magazines, including '' La Rivoluzio ...

established her base, from which she coordinated partisan actions. Gobetti, Ada (2014). Partisan Diary: A Woman's Life in the Italian Resistance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-938054-1.

Events

Each year on the Sunday closest to September 18, the village celebrates the feast of its patron saint, San Costanzo. The festival is centred on the parish church, Santa Maria Assunta. The festival also provides an opportunity for the community to honour the youth who are coming of age.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Turin-geo-stub