Monastero di Lanzo, Province of Torino, Piedmont

Info

• Altitude: 825 m a.s.l
• Population: about 400 inhabitants
• Zip/postal code: 10070
• Dialing Area Code: +39 0123
• Patron Saint: Saint Anastasia, celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in November
• Frazioni & Localities: Chiaves, Cresto, Cà di Savi, Cà di Sciold, Fornelli, Marsaglia, Mecca, Menulla, Monastero di sotto, San Rocco, Sistina, Stabio.

What to see

• In the borough of Chiaves, the very narrow alleys called chintane, rising up to the top of the settlement.
• The Romanesque belltower of the ancient monastery, built in the 12th century in pickaxed stonestone, which is a National Monument.

Genealogy & Links

• Surnames recorded in Monastero di Lanzo in the 1990s