Settimo Vittone

Settimo Vittone (Piedmontese: Ël Seto Viton) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northern Italy.

The main sights are the castle, pieve (pleban church), and the late 9th-cenury baptistery of St Lawrence (who as bishop of Autun was dear to the Frank people).

The structures are a rare examples of pre-Romanesque architecture in Piedmont, often featuring a bell tower and a rectangular apse.

Here are found the ruins of the ancient fortress, which legend says was built by Attone Anscario, Ansgarda's brother, queen of Franks and here buried.

In the 14th century Savoy took control of all the area and incorporated it to their Duchy; the ancient Lords of the place (the Enrico) were nominated Counts.

The pieve of St. Lawrence.
Madonna and Child fresco (detail) in the apse of St. Lawrence pleban church.