Genola was split in fifths between two cities: in 1796 the three fifths under Savigliano were joined to that city's territory and land register. Fossano wanted the same rights over the other two fifths, and it was precisely that quarrel that gave the village its chance to ask the French government to become a comune.
On 11 January 1808 it was Napoleon himself who signed the decree making Genola an autonomous comune. The accounts stayed open for decades, though: with Fossano an agreement came quickly, while the suits with Savigliano ended only in 1855, when the Court of Appeal of Turin ordered Genola to pay sixty-five thousand lire in equalisation.
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📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of May, with the fair and the traditional Quaquara sweet
Genola celebrates Saint Martianus on the third Sunday of May, with the Sagra di San Marziano; on this occasion the Quaquara, a local sweet loved and requested year-round, is prepared.
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Outside Genola, but an easy day trip away.
