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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Collegno
| official_name       = Comune di Collegno
| native_name         = {{native name|pms|Colegn}}
| image_skyline       = Villaggio leumann collegno 01.jpg
| imagesize           =
| image_alt           =
| image_caption       = The Leumann Village in Collegno.
| image_shield        = Collegno-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          =
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| coordinates         = {{coord|45|5|N|7|35|E|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| region              = [[Piedmont]]
| metropolitan_city   = [[Metropolitan City of Turin|Turin]] (TO)
| frazioni            = Borgata Paradiso Di Collegno, Leumann, Regina Margherita, Savonera, Baricalla, Basse Dora, Bergera, Campo Sportivo, Gay, Provvidenza, Ricovero Provinciale<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tuttitalia.it/piemonte/25-collegno/14-amministrazione/|title = Collegno (TO) - Sindaco e Amministrazione Comunale}}</ref>
| mayor_party         =
| mayor               = Francesco Casciano
| area_footnotes      =
| area_total_km2      = 18.10
| population_footnotes = <ref>Population data from [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]]</ref>
| population_total    = 48491
| population_as_of    = 31 January 2022
| pop_density_footnotes =
| population_demonym  = Collegnese(i)
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m         = 302
| twin1               =
| twin1_country       =
| saint               = [[Saint Lawrence]]
| day                 =  10 August
| postal_code         = 10093
| area_code           = 011
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.collegno.gov.it}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| footnotes           =
}}

'''Collegno''' ({{IPA|it|kolˈleɲɲo}}; {{langx|pms|Colegn}} {{IPA|pms|kʊˈlɛɲ||Pms-Colegn.oga}}) is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Metropolitan City of Turin]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] region [[Piedmont]], located about {{convert|9|km|0|abbr=off}} west of [[Turin]].

It occupies an [[alluvial plain]] at the end of the [[Val di Susa]], between [[Rivoli, Piedmont|Rivoli]] and Turin, at the foot of [[Monte Musinè]]. The terminal course of the [[Dora Riparia]] flows in its territory.

==History==
Collegno originated as a [[ancient Rome|Roman]] ''[[mansio]]'' {{convert|5|mi|km|0|order=flip}} from Turin, known as ''Quintum Collegium'' (hence the modern name). Ancient findings from the area are now in the Museum of Antiquities in Turin.

From an ancient Roman villa, a richly decorated church was built at the beginning of the 5th century AD, dedicated to San Massimo, the first bishop of Turin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collegno (Torino), necropoli gota e longobarda e villaggio - MuseoTorino |url=https://www.museotorino.it/view/s/73865b7f6f10413fa213ec44838e3f2f |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.museotorino.it |language=it-it}}</ref>

In 2002, during excavations for the construction of the terminal of line 1 of the Turin Metro, the remains of a Langobard settlement and necropolis came to light.<ref>"Presenze Longobarde". Booklet delivered to visitors of the namesake  exhibition, Collegno, 2004.</ref> The site has been studied thoroughly until 2006, along with a nearby little [[Gothic architecture|gothic]] cabin's, previously settled.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2004 |editor-last=Pejrani Baricco |editor-first=Luisella |title=Presenze longobarde. Collegno nell'Alto Medioevo |journal=Soprintendenza per I Beni Archeologici del Piemonte.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yijie Tian |display-authors=etal |date=2024 |title=The role of emerging elites in the formation and development of communities after the fall of the Roman Empire |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=121 |issue=36 |pages=e2317868121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2317868121|pmid=39159385 |doi-access=free |pmc=11388374 }}</ref>

In 1641, Maria Cristina of France, regent of Savoy Dukedom, ordered the edification of a "[[Charterhouse (monastery)|Charterhouse]]" to host a monastery; the large building was designed by M. Valperga, the First Ducal Architect and completed by [[Filippo Juvarra|Juvarra]]. In 1851 the Monastery was transformed in a hospital for mental ills, then closed in 70s of the past century. 

[[Lajos Kossuth]], the exiled leader of the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]] lived in the Baraccone section of the village from 1874 until 1882. The former politician bought a villa with a large garden not far from the train station, and spent his days with gardening, botanical expeditions to the [[Alps]], writing his memoirs and receiving Hungarian guests. He was forced to sell the villa due to financial difficulties. The house was demolished in the 1970s.

==Curious Facts==
From 3 to 8 July 2017, the sports hall [http://www.palacollegno.it/ PalaCollegno] guested the troops of "[https://www.sportcrime.com/ Sport Crime]", the first ever sport based international TV series, including main characters and sport personalities [[Daniela Scalia]] and [[Luca Tramontin]], and other basketball celebrities, such as former Italian ace [[Alessandro Abbio]].

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}

Collegno is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Città gemellate|url=https://www.comune.collegno.gov.it/gemellaggi|website=comune.collegno.gov.it|publisher=Collegno|language=it|access-date=2019-12-13|archive-date=2019-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213184335/https://www.comune.collegno.gov.it/gemellaggi|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]], France
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sárospatak]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast|Volzhsky]], Russia
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Neubrandenburg]], Germany
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cerdanyola del Vallès]], Spain
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[San Gregorio Magno]], Italy
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Oueslatia]], Tunisia
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Havířov]], Czech Republic
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rocchetta Sant'Antonio]], Italy
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==See also==
*[[Bruneri-Canella case]]

==References==
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==External links==
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