Savigliano

Savigliano (Savijan) is a comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about 50 km south of Turin by rail.

It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments.

Main sights
Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I to Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain.

There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives.

Notable people

 * Elena Busso, volleyball player
 * Giovanni Schiaparelli, astronomer
 * Santorre di Santarosa, an Italian Philhellene
 * Luca Filippi, racing driver
 * Sara Curtis (born 2006), swimmer

Twin towns

 * 🇬🇷 Pylos, Greece, since 1962
 * 🇮🇹 Mormanno, Italy, since 1962
 * 🇦🇷 Villa María, Argentina, since 2000