Chivasso
Chivasso is best known within Piedmont for the Cavour Canal, which begins here at the Po River and carries water toward the rice-growing plains of eastern Piedmont. The town stands on the broad Po plain, northeast of Turin, where the Canavese area meets the agricultural lowlands. Its central streets retain a distinctly Piedmontese character, centred on the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta and its brick bell tower. Chivasso has long been shaped by transport and water management: the canal, completed in 1866, became a major work of northern Italian irrigation. Beyond the historic centre, residential districts and working farmland underline its role as a practical provincial town rather than a resort.
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Few towns in Piedmont have a history as closely tied to the House of Savoy as Chivasso. Set beside the Po River, it developed on the route between Turin and the eastern Po plain, passing under Savoyard rule in the 15th century. The Cavour Canal, a major 19th-century irrigation work for Piedmontese agriculture, draws water from the Po at Chivasso. In the centre, the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta is noted for its late-Gothic façade. Chivasso is also known for nocciolini, small hazelnut-and-meringue biscuits that remain a local specialty. Find related webcams around Chivasso and the Po plain to gain a wider sense of this part of Piedmont.
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