The name is thought to come from Cabaliaca, and so from caballius: a crossroads ran here, Celtic first and then Roman, between the Biella valleys, the Po plain and the Canavese, and the place served as a station and a change of horses. The arms bear it out: a rampant horse, with the Latin motto Non metu sed vi, "not by fear but by force".
Near the Elvo a cromlech was found, a circle of menhirs, which takes the first settlement back to the ninth century BC; in 2005 the stones were set up in a permanent open-air display at the junction of the Biella road. In 1583 the town rebelled against the Scaglia, who had owned it for barely twenty years.
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📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Cavaglià celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; since 1974 the feast has been paired with the Palio dei Rioni, a contest among the town's eight districts.
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Outside Cavaglià, but an easy day trip away.
