Santena
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Santena is a small town located in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, situated on the right bank of the Po River southeast of Turin. While modest in size, it represents one of the many municipalities that make up the greater Turin metropolitan area in this historically significant region of Italy.
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- Italian comune.name
- Santena
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Santena
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Santena.piazza1.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Santena-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Turin (TO)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Alberassa, Carolina, Case Nuove, Gamenario, Luserna, San Salvà, Tetti Agostino, Tetti Busso, Tetti Giro
- Italian comune.mayor
- Roberto Ghio
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 16.20
- Italian comune.population_total
- 10480
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 January 2024
- Italian comune.population_demonym
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Santena (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin on the right bank of the Po.
The of Gamenario is known for the Battle of Gamenario, fought on 22 April 1345 between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Sights include the castle, built by Carlo Ottavio Benso in 1712–20. It houses furnitures and memories of the families who lived there, including a vase donated by Napoleon III of France to Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour in 1856. Nearby is a English landscape garden built under Cavour's father, Michele Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Benso, 4th Marquess of Cavour (1781-1850), in the early 18th century.