Montalto Dora is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Turin.

Main sights

  • Montalto Dora Castle, known from the mid-12th century but rebuilt in the 18th-20th centuries. It has a massive mastio and a chapel with 15th-century frescoes. The castle was owned by the bishopric of Ivrea, from which it went to the Duchy of Savoy in the 14th century.
  • Parish church of Sant'Eusebio
  • Church of San Rocco (c. early 16th century), with Mannerist frescoes inside
  • Villa Casana, dating to the late 16th century but enlarged around 1918.
  • Lake Pistono and Lake Nero, two lakes of glacial origin.

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.



Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montalto_Dora
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