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Country
  
Italy

Elevation
  
300 m (1,000 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
35.9 km²

Province
  
Province of Cuneo

Postal code
  
12063

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Cuneo (CN)

Demonym(s)
  
Doglianesi

Dialing code
  
0173

Local time
  
Thursday 1:58 PM

Region
  
Piedmont

Dialling code
  
0173

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Weather
  
17°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 43% Humidity

Dogliani ([doʎˈʎaːni]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Turin and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Cuneo.

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Map of 12063 Dogliani, Province of Cuneo, Italy

Dogliani borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Langhe, Bonvicino, Bossolasco, Cissone, Farigliano, Lequio Tanaro, Monchiero, Monforte d'Alba, Roddino, and Somano.

Aside from local craftmanship, the economy is mostly based on agriculture: most of the area is occupied by vines, used for the production of the Dolcetto di Dogliani wine. There are also several woods of common hazels.

Dogliani is also known for its Presepio Vivente. A tradition started in 1975 that occurs yearly on the night of December 23rd and 24th where the town's citizens enact the nativity scene.

History

The town was a settlement of the Ligures, a pre-Roman population. The Roman conquered its area in around 200-100 B.C, although Dogliani is mentioned for the first time in the Middle Ages, as the place of a castle and a borough surrounded by walls along the Rea torrent.

Dogliani was likely a fief of the Aleramici family, and later was osned by the marquisses of Busca, those of Saluzzo and, starting from the early 17th century, by the House of Savoy. In the 19th century Dogliani received numerous new building designed by the eclectic architect Giovanni Battista Schellino.

Main sights

  • Parish church of Santi Quirico and Paolo (1869), designed by G.B. Schellino
  • Town Hall, built from 1460 but largely revised by Schellino in the 19th century. It has kept a nave and a portico from the Renaissance church of the Carmine
  • Church of the Confraternita dei Battuti (18th century)
  • Civic Hospital, another creation of Schellino
  • Church of St. Lawrence, originally (12th century) having a nave and two aisles. Later Schellino modified it in neo-Gothic style.
  • Church of Immacolata Concezione, another creation of Schellino
  • House-tower Perno di Caldera, of medieval origins
  • Neo-Gothic entrance to the cemetery, also designed by Schellino (1855 - 1867)
  • Porta Soprana, a medieval gate
  • Civic Tower (known from the 12th century)

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Dogliani is twinned with:

  • Jarnac, France, since 2000

    • People

  • Michele Ferrero (1925-2015), owner of the Ferrero SpA chocolate manufacturers.
  • Giovanni Battista Schellino (1818-1905), Italian architect responsible for designing eighteen buildings in Dogliani.
  • Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961), second President of the Italian Republic, intellectual, economist and founder of Poderi Luigi Einaudi in Dogliani.

    • References

    Dogliani Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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