Settimo Rottaro
Italian comune
Settimo Rottaro (Ël Seto Rojé in Piedmontese language) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Turin.
Name
It takes its name (Settimo meaning "seventh" in Italian) from its distance from Ivrea, amounting to seven Roman miles. Rottaro derives from rubetum, or also rovearum, rovedarium, the ancient name of a nearby hill full of brambles. Another hypothesis is from the Latin ruera, rutera, indicating the wheels of carts, being a place of transit, which is why three cart wheels were drawn in its coat of arms. A final - and less certain - hypothesis, would lead it back to the name of the Lombard king Rothari (647).
Geography
The town is located on the extreme border of eastern Canavese, not far from Lake Viverone (formerly in the Province of Biella), reachable to the east from the town of Azeglio. To the south it borders with Cossano Canavese, Borgo d'Ale and Alice Castello, while to the south-west with Caravino.
History
The first documented traces of the town date back only to 1227, when the power of the church of Ivrea was affirmed; in that period, as soon as the experience of the free municipality ended, Settimo Rottaro was subject to the episcopal authority of Ivrea.
Protected by the Valperga and the nearby Masino Castle, the town was among the protagonists of the noble revolts of Canavese, often clashing with the San Martino, loyal to the House of Savoy; however, the town was conquered by Facino Cane in 1396, then annexed to Monferrato and left to the Lomello, already counts of Trino and Cavaglià. In 1431, the expansionist policy of the March of Montferrat clashed with the interests of the Duchy of Savoy.
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