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Valperga

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Valperga is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin, in the Canavese historical region.

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Valperga is a small town located in the Turin area of northern Italy, in a region with historical significance called Canavese. It is one of many municipalities that make up the greater Turin metropolitan area in the Piedmont region.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Valperga
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Valperga
Italian comune.image_skyline
Valperga_veduta.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield
Valperga-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Piedmont
Italian comune.metropolitan_city
Turin (TO)
Italian comune.mayor
Gabriele Francisca
Italian comune.area_total_km2
11.8
Italian comune.population_total
3180
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 December 2014
Italian comune.population_demonym
Valperghesi
Italian comune.postal_code
10087
Italian comune.area_code
0124

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Valperga
Country
Italy
Population
2970
Area
11.91
Elevation
385
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Pratiglione
Image
Valperga veduta.jpg
Dialing code
0124
Licence plate code
TO
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postal code
10087
topic's main category
Category:Valperga
Commons category
Valperga (comune, Italy)
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Encyclopedic overview

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Valperga is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin, in the Canavese historical region.

It is home to the Sacro Monte of Belmonte, a site of pilgrimage and worship close to it. The Sacro Monte was built in 1712 at the initiative of the Friar Minor Michelangelo da Montiglio. In 2003, the sanctuary was inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List. The Valperga Castle is also located in the town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valperga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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