Vinovo

In this document, the territory is referred to as Vicus Novus, a name that remained in the Middle Ages to designate the group of buildings and land that various landowners owned.

The birth of the municipality is dated 1458 when Duke Ludovico di Savoia granted to the Community Vinovese statutes in defense of citizens.

In that year, Cardinal Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze ceded the city to Duke Charles Emmanuel II, who donated it, together with Stupinigi, Commandery of the Order to Maurice.

[1] At the end of the 800 famous ceramic industry were joined at the furnaces and mills, which led to a gradual increase of the population, with consequent expansion of the country, and the necessary construction of public buildings like the town hall, schools, kindergarten and the House of Cottolengo.

With regard to cultural life, in 1847 the Philharmonic was founded Vinovese Giuseppe Verdi, body music band of the city, continuously active since then.

Della Rovere Castle.