Vinovo

Vinovo
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	44 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '0 "  N , 7 ° 38' 0"  E
height	220  m slm
surface	17.7 km²
Residents	15,245 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	861 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10048
prefix	011
ISTAT number	001309
Popular name	Vinovesi
Patron saint	San Bartolomeo
Website	Vinovo
Marconi square with garden, fountain and town hall; Tower with clock on the right

Vinovo ( Piedmontese Vineuv ) is a municipality with 15,245 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Moncalieri , Nichelino , Candiolo , La Loggia , Piobesi Torinese and Carignano . The patron saint of the place is San Bartolomeo.

In Vinovo is the training ground of Italian football -Rekordmeisters Juventus , the Juventus Center . On December 15, 2006, the two youth players Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri were killed in an accident.

geography

The place is at an altitude of 220  m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of ​​17 km².

Personalities

• Vittorio Amedeo Gioanetti (1729–1825), doctor, chemist and manufacturer of porcelain and majolica; Lived and worked for a long time in Vinovo, died in Vinovo
• Giovanni Valetti (1913–1998), racing cyclist, born in Vinovo
• Domenico della Rovere (1442–1501), Cardinal of the Catholic Church; he had the castle of the same name built in Vinovo; born in Vinovo

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  Della Rovere Castle (by Baccio Pontelli )

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  The parish church of St. Bartholomew.

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  The Church of St. Desiderius

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  The former Luigi Rey school and fountain.

Web links

Commons : Vinovo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.