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Racconigi




  City Comune di Racconigi
  Region Piedmont
  Province Cuneo (CN)
  Altitude 260
  Area Cityproper 4803
  Population As Of December 31 , 2004
  Populationdensity 9,886
  Populationdensitymetric 20430
  Timezone CET , UTC +1
  Coordinates
  Frazioni Canapile, Oia, Tagliata
  Telephone 0172
  Postalcode 12035
  Gentilic Racconigesi
  Saint St John The Baptist
  Day
  Mayor
  Website wwwcomuneracconigicnit


Racconigi is a town of Piedmont , Italy , in the Province Of Cuneo , 40 km south of Turin , and 50 km north of Cuneo by rail.


HISTORY



MAIN SIGHTS


It has a royal chateau built in 1570, with a large park laid out in 1755 by the French gardener Molard from designs by Le Notre, and enlarged in 1835. Since 1901 it has been the summer residence of the King Of Italy .


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