A natural "gateway" between Turin and the province of Cuneo, with its 96.38 square kilometers completely flat, it is the second largest municipality in the region by extension. Famous for the production of the renowned Carmagnola square pepper... #tuttitaly
Carmagnola is an Italian municipality in the metropolitan city of Turin in Piedmont, located on the right side of the Po in a flat stretch of land.
Carmagnola bases its economy on traditional agricultural, industrial, and tertiary activities. It is known for growing peppers.
The Carmagnolesi live for the most part in the municipal capital; the rest of the population is distributed in numerous localities and minor urban centers, as well as in scattered houses.
A square plan structure and some medieval houses the ancient nucleus of the town and palaces characterize.
Carmagnola was probably inhabited in prehistoric times and later conquered by the Romans. The first documented attestations refer to a deed of 1034, with which the abbot of Nanatola, Rodolfo, ceded the feud to the lords of Pombia.
After the death of Countess Adelaide di Susa, power struggles broke out between the Saluzzo and Romagnano families. The Saluzzos won.
During the succession wars, Carmagnola was invaded by the French and Spanish armies. When Henry II acquired power, the fiefdom was annexed to France.
The historical architectural heritage includes:
- the XV-century church of Sant'Agostino, inside which there is Baroque furniture, with a valuable bell tower and a Benedictine monastery built in 1397;
- Lomellini Palace;
- the Casa delle Meridiane of the fifteenth century;
- the seventeenth-century church of San Rocco;
- Casa Cavassa from the 15th century;
- the parish church of Santi Pietro e Paolo or Collegiata, in Gothic style;
- the church of San Filippo, in Baroque style;
- the church of Sant'Antonio;
- the church of San Matteo;
- the church of San Giovanni Decollato;
- the Hospital of San Lorenzo of 1754.
Not far from the inhabited center, we find the Casanova Abbey from the 1100s and the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie from the 18th century.
Gastronomy
Carmagnola offers typical Piedmontese cuisine. The famous dishes are Piedmontese agnolotti, botched tortiglioni, risotto with Castemagno and hazelnuts, tajarin with meat sauce and chicken livers, ravioli del plin, bagna cauda, Piedmontese mixed boiled meat, braised in Barolo wine.
