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Foglizzo is one of the oldest Canavese villages.
In 882, it was mentioned in a Diploma of Charles The Great as a territory dependent on the Vercelli Church. It was the site of Roman settlements from the imperial era and became a centre of considerable importance in the early Middle Ages also because the ’Via Cursi’, the fastest route to Gaul, passed through the village.
From the 12th century it belonged to the Counts of Biandrate thanks to Guido Il Grande, commander of Frederick Barbarossa’s troops, who obtained it as a dowry for his marriage to Isabella of Monferrato.
Foglizzo remained independent until 1326, then became a vassal of the Marquises of Monferrato and finally, in 1631 with the Treaty of Cherasco, became part of Savoy territory under the rule of Victor Amadeus I.
On 29 July 1811, the sale of the property owned by the Biandrate family in Foglizzo began. The landed property was subdivided into many parts and passed to the farming families of the village, who gave a considerable boost to agricultural activity. In 1885, by Royal Decree of 28 May, the municipality was authorised to purchase the Biandrate Castle, which still houses the town hall.
In Foglizzo, thanks to the cultivation of brooms, broom production flourished, which today survives thanks to the will of a few craftsmen (and is also celebrated in the museum ’Dalla saggina alla scopa’ (From the broom to the broom), in Via Umberto I no. 75), while until after World War II it represented a source of income for a large part of the population. Hemp was also cultivated and processed: there was a lot of land used for this crop, in which the hemp plant was soaked for subsequent processing, and a spinning mill provided employment for some of the townspeople. In the centre of the village, along the Gora del Mulino, is the Querio Mill, as old as the village of Foglizzo itself: it is mentioned in the Statutes of 1387, but probably dates back at least to the arrival of the Biandrate Counts, and therefore to the early 13th century.
Don’t miss the octagonal-plan parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena, built in 1741-46 to designs by Bernardo Vittone. and the pretty little churches that embellish the hamlets. It is worth mentioning the bell tower, which is the tallest in the Ivrea diocese and the second tallest in the Canavese area, reaching a height of 55.5 metres while the cross is 2 metres and 20 centimetres high, the construction of which began in 1723.
In 882, it was mentioned in a Diploma of Charles The Great as a territory dependent on the Vercelli Church. It was the site of Roman settlements from the imperial era and became a centre of considerable importance in the early Middle Ages also because the ’Via Cursi’, the fastest route to Gaul, passed through the village.
From the 12th century it belonged to the Counts of Biandrate thanks to Guido Il Grande, commander of Frederick Barbarossa’s troops, who obtained it as a dowry for his marriage to Isabella of Monferrato.
Foglizzo remained independent until 1326, then became a vassal of the Marquises of Monferrato and finally, in 1631 with the Treaty of Cherasco, became part of Savoy territory under the rule of Victor Amadeus I.
On 29 July 1811, the sale of the property owned by the Biandrate family in Foglizzo began. The landed property was subdivided into many parts and passed to the farming families of the village, who gave a considerable boost to agricultural activity. In 1885, by Royal Decree of 28 May, the municipality was authorised to purchase the Biandrate Castle, which still houses the town hall.
In Foglizzo, thanks to the cultivation of brooms, broom production flourished, which today survives thanks to the will of a few craftsmen (and is also celebrated in the museum ’Dalla saggina alla scopa’ (From the broom to the broom), in Via Umberto I no. 75), while until after World War II it represented a source of income for a large part of the population. Hemp was also cultivated and processed: there was a lot of land used for this crop, in which the hemp plant was soaked for subsequent processing, and a spinning mill provided employment for some of the townspeople. In the centre of the village, along the Gora del Mulino, is the Querio Mill, as old as the village of Foglizzo itself: it is mentioned in the Statutes of 1387, but probably dates back at least to the arrival of the Biandrate Counts, and therefore to the early 13th century.
Don’t miss the octagonal-plan parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena, built in 1741-46 to designs by Bernardo Vittone. and the pretty little churches that embellish the hamlets. It is worth mentioning the bell tower, which is the tallest in the Ivrea diocese and the second tallest in the Canavese area, reaching a height of 55.5 metres while the cross is 2 metres and 20 centimetres high, the construction of which began in 1723.
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