Savigliano


Savigliano is a comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about south of Turin by rail.
It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.

Main sights

Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church, and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I with Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain.
There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives.

Notable people