Susa (Piedmont)

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Susa
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Susa (Italy)
Susa
Country Italy
region Piedmont
Metropolitan city Turin  (TO)
Coordinates 45 ° 8 ′  N , 7 ° 3 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E
height 503  m slm
surface 11.26 km²
Residents 6,173 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 548 inhabitants / km²
Factions Castelpietra, Coldimosso, San Giuliano, Traduerivi
Post Code 10059
prefix 0122
ISTAT number 001270
Popular name Segusini
Patron saint Santa Maria della Neve
Website Susa
View of the old town of Susa, on the left the cathedral, on the right the tower of the former church of Santa Maria Maggiore
View of the old town of Susa, on the left the cathedral, on the right the tower of the former church of Santa Maria Maggiore

Susa ( French Suse ; Latin Segusio ) is a small Italian town with 6173 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) It belongs to the Italian metropolitan city of Turin in the Piedmont region at the foot of the Mont-Cenis Pass .

geography

The place is in the valley of the same name (Val di Susa) on the Dora Riparia (a tributary of the Po ), which forms the border between the Cottian Alps in the south and the Graian Alps in the north. Susa is dominated by the Rocciamelone massif ( 3538  m slm ). In the north of the municipality runs the Autostrada A32 ( Autostrada del Frejus ), which leads from Turin to the Italian-French border in the Mont-Cenis tunnel .

history

In Celtic times in a strategically favorable location at the junction of the routes over the Montgenèvre and Mont Cenis passes in the 1st century BC. Founded in BC, Susa was the main settlement of the tribe, whose ruler Donnus granted the Romans contractual rights that favored the Romanization of this part of Gallia Cisalpina . His son Cottius became the first prefect of Segusio and in 9/8 BC in honor of Emperor Augustus . To build the Arch of Augustus . His successors expanded the place and built the amphitheater, aqueduct and city fortifications in the 3rd century. Because of taking sides with Maxentius , Susa was destroyed by his rival Konstantin in 312.

Adelheid from Susa

Susa remained an important place on the transalpine routes, but only gained importance again with Adelheid von Susa . The daughter of the Marquis of Turin married Odone , Conte di Savoia, son of Umberto of Savoy , in the third marriage in 1035 , thus establishing a dynasty that still exists today and provided the Italian kings until 1946 . Adelheid von Susa also initiated the founding of the Church of San Giusto in 1027 (elevation to cathedral 1772).

When the Dauphiné , to which the upper Susa valley also belonged, passed to France in 1349 , the border ran just a few kilometers west of Susa through the middle of the valley. With the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession , when France lost all possessions on the other side of the Alps , the valleys in which an attack by the French was to be expected were secured with enormous fortifications. The particularly endangered Susa Valley received two fortresses: Exilles was expanded, and Ignazio Bertola built the Brunetta fortress on a rock in Susa . In 1796 it was captured by Napoleonic troops and completely destroyed.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Susa , founded in 1772, has its seat in the city.

Arch of Augustus

Attractions

  • Arch of Augustus (9/8 BC)
  • Remains of the amphitheater, aqueduct and the city fortifications (3rd century)
  • Porta Savoia
  • Castello della marchesa Adelaide (11th century)
  • Cathedral of San Giusto (11th century) of the Diocese of Susa
  • Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra
  • The Rocciamelone ( 3538  m slm ), the highest place of pilgrimage in the Alps, can be reached from Susa

politics

The mayor is Sandro Plano (member of Margherita ), who was elected in 1999 and confirmed in office in 2004. In the municipal council, his center-left electoral alliance has a majority with 9 out of 13 members. In the 2014 local elections, the list narrowly retained a majority by just eight votes ahead (1906: 1898).

Susa belongs together with 22 other municipalities in the lower Susa valley to the regional authority Comunità Montana Bassa Valle di Susa e Val Cenischia .

Culture and festivals

On Maria Schnee , August 5th every year, the name day of the Madonna del Rocciamelone is celebrated with a village festival.

Town twinning

The town of Susa has partnerships with Briançon in France , with Paola in Calabria , Italy and with Barnstaple in Devon, England .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Susa (Piedmont)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Suze in the Topographia Palatinatus Rheni (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ The ancient form of the name Segusio is handed down in Pliny , Naturalis historia 3,123 and Ammianus Marcellinus 15,10,3 , in the Panegyrici Latini 4 (= 10), 17.21.22 the place is called civitas Segusiensium ; Ptolemäus , Geographike Hyphegesis 3,1,40 gives the name form Σεγούσιον (Segusion); The form Segusium is modern, in use since the 18th century, today rarely related to the ancient city, sometimes used in connection with medieval research, for example Guido Ieni: Susa (Latin Segusium, Secusia) . In: Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2000.
  3. ↑ site Susa - Elezioni amministrative of Fine 2014 Scrutinio ... , accessed on 10 October 2017
  4. ↑ Tourism site Susa - Gemellaggi , accessed on October 10, 2017