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Rivoli, Province of Torino, Piedmont - Italy |
 | | The town is situated along the "Corso Francia", a 15 km long avenue from Torino, sided by fine liberty palaces, in a strategic position between the plain area of the Po and the mountain areas of the Alps. |
 | | In 726 the abbey of Novalesa was founded, and in 773 the Franks defeated the Languebards and assigned Rivoli to the Arduinici family, who soon entered a long conflict with the bishops of Turin, until in 996 bishop Amizone obtained the control of Rivoli. |
 | | In the 18th century Rivoli was directly connected to Turin with the construction of the Via di Francia, and in 1871 a railway track, the Ferrovia Economica Colli, was established. |
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