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Location: Giaveno, Torino, Piedmont, Italy

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1. Borgata Tora – Giaveno towards Coazze loop from Giaveno

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3. Giaveno towards Coazze – Borgata Tora loop from Giaveno

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October 4, 2021

The ecclesiastical complex of San Michele di Provonda, a hamlet of Giaveno, is located on a natural terrace in the romantic Armirolo Valley, at 769 m asl, a small side valley of the Val Sangone, the latter enclosed in the wider valleys of Susa and Chisone, in the province of Turin. The origin of the complex dates back to 1753, the year in which the inhabitants of Provonda resorted to Abbot I. Bogino (Vicar General of the Abbey of San Michele della Chiusa) for the construction of a rural chapel dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. Towards the end of the century the chapel was enlarged and the chronicle recalls the collapse of the small bell tower; the current one dates back to 1815 and stands adjacent to the house of the Chaplaincy, in a clearly visible position in the center of the valley. In 1824 the City Council, in response to the considerable increase in population in the villages, approved the erection of the new parish at the behest of the benefactor Teol. Filippo Mo, provost of Moretta. In May of the following year, work began on the construction of the parish house which ended in 1831; the year in which the erection of the Church began, which ended in September 1839. In the following decades, the sacristy and the connecting sleeve between the Church and the parish house were built. Provonda was a parish until 1988 when it was joined to the collegiate church of San Lorenzo. A curious story linked to the church of Provonda is that of the rich Baroque-style Paramentale of the Beata Margherita di Savoia, donated by the Royal House to the Prior Don Marco Siccardi between 1869 and 1897. (source site of the FAI)

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Location: Giaveno, Torino, Piedmont, Italy

Provonda Hamlet and Church of San Michele Arcangelo

1. Borgata Tora – Giaveno towards Coazze loop from Giaveno

2. Lago Piccolo di Avigliana – Lago Grande di Avigliana loop from Rosta

3. Giaveno towards Coazze – Borgata Tora loop from Giaveno

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