Trino () 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 Province of Vercelli in the Italian region

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, located about northeast 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 southwest of

Vercelli Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC. ...

, at the foot of the

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hills. Trino borders the following municipalities: Bianzè, Camino, Costanzana, Fontanetto Po, Livorno Ferraris, Morano sul Po,

Palazzolo Vercellese Palazzolo Vercellese (''Palasseu'' in Piedmontese) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business a ...

, Ronsecco, and Tricerro. Trino was the site of Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant. The Romanesque church of San Michele in Insula (built in the 10th–11th centuries) has 12th-century frescoes. The

Lucedio Abbey Lucedio Abbey (Italian: ''Abbazia di Santa Maria di Lucedio'') is a 12th-century former Cistercian foundation near Trino, which is now in the province of Vercelli, north-west Italy. It played an important role in the development of rice producti ...

is also located in the municipal territory.

Main sights

Monuments

* Church of San Michele in Insula * Church of San Bartolomeo * Church of San Domenico * Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria * Church of San Lorenzo * Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary known as Madonna delle Vigne * Lucedio Abbey * Cavourian estate in Leri Cavour * Arch of the Cementi Buzzi cableway

Museums

Gian Andrea Irico Civic Museum

Area907

Twin towns

* Chauvigny, France, since 1961 * Geisenheim, Germany, since 1974 * Banfora,

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, since 1999

References

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