THE CANAVESE

A territory recco of history: land of the Salassi – ancient population of Celtic origin – later conquered byRomans. Then inhabited by the Lombards, chere nextthey are the March of Ivrea, which saw the coronation ofArduino, first king of Italy (1002).
The toponym that today designates the region appears for the first time in a diploma from 951 with whichBerengarII and his son Adalberto grant the nuns of S.Maria in Pavia “curtemCanavesecum castro quod diceRepair itcum omni sua relevantia”, and derives from a small curtis located near Cuorgnè,Canavaprecisely.

Much of modern history andContemporaryit is linked to the fate of the godsSavoy, which brought political stability, which in turn promoted decent economic growth. This favored the construction ofcastlesand monasteries, built starting from the 15th century.
In the 16th centuryCanavesefell under dominion againFrench, then Spanish, then againSavoyuntil the end of the 18th century, when it ended up again under the control of the French (first RepublicJacobinand then Bonapartist).

In the last 2 centuries the history ofCanavesecoincides with the history of the Risorgimento and of Italy before it, and with the birth (and decline) of the SocietyOlivettiThen.