Piscina 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
Italian region
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
, located about 25 km southwest 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 ...
.
Piscina borders the following municipalities:
Cumiana,
Pinerolo,
Frossasco,
Airasca
Airasca ( Piedmontese: ''Airasca'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin.
Airasca borders the following municipalities: Cumiana, Volvera, None, Pisc ...
, and
Scalenghe
Scalenghe is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about southwest of Turin, bordering the municipalities of None (TO), None, Pinerolo, Airasca, Piscina (TO), Piscina, Castagnole P ...
. Part of the municipal territory was involved in the
Battle of Marsaglia in 1693.
Main sights
*Baroque parish church of St. Gratus (18th century), designed by Giuseppe Gerolamo Buniva
*Communal Wing (1699)
*Chapel of St. Roch (16th century)
*Museum of Peasant Art
Twin towns
*
Suardi, Argentina, since 2006
See also
*
Tavernette
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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