Col San Giovanni

Col San Giovanni is a frazione (and a parish) of the municipality of Viù, in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Name
In former times the village was named Collis ad sancti Joannis or Collo di San Giovanni.

History
Col San Giovanni was first mentioned in a document signed in 1011 by Landolfo, archbishop of Turin.

Since 1927 it was a separate comune (municipality).

Relevant buildings
The local church was built from 1614 on the site of a previous one and it was renovated in 1922 to allow the transit of a new road. Its bell tower is the oldest of the Lanzo Valleys and was built at the end of the 11th century.