Fenestrelle
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Country | Italy | |
region | Piedmont | |
Metropolitan city | Turin (TO) | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 2 ′ N , 7 ° 8 ′ E | |
height | 1215 m slm | |
surface | 49 km² | |
Residents | 506 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 10 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 10060 | |
prefix | 0121 | |
ISTAT number | 001103 | |
Patron saint | St. Louis of France | |
Website | comune.fenestrelle.to.it | |
Fenestrelle parish church |
Fenestrelle ( Piedmontese Fenestrele , Occitan Finistrelas ) is an Italian municipality with 506 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region and is the holder of the Bandiera Arancione of the TCI .
geography
The place is at an altitude of 1215 m above sea level in the Val Chisone , about 40 km (as the crow flies) west of Turin . The municipality covers an area of 49 km². The town's patron saint is St. Louis of France .
Neighboring municipalities are Meana di Susa , Mattie , Usseaux , Pragelato , Roure and Massello .
Population development
Attractions
- The baroque parish church was built on the initiative of Louis XIV and consecrated on August 25, 1689. It is dedicated to Saint Louis of France.
- The place is particularly known for the mountain fortress built here between 1728 and 1850 . The complex is the largest of its kind in Europe and consists of a series of individual fortifications connected by stairs and paths. The connecting stairs have a total of over 4000 steps. The facility was built by the fortress builder Ignazio Giuseppe Bertola Roveda to ward off a possible French invasion of Piedmont along the Val Chisone .
Web links
Commons : Fenestrelle - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the municipality (Italian)
- The mountain fortress of Fenestrelle (military fortress) . Reinhard Dietschi's website, January 2005
- Daniele Tron: Comune: Fenestrelle , Schede storiche-territoriali dei comuni del Piemonte (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Bandiera Arancione. In: Bandierearancioni.it. Retrieved April 30, 2018 (Italian).