Located 50 kilometers south of Turin along the railway line, Savigliano is a manufacturing heavyweight in the Province of Cuneo. The town of roughly 20,900 residents is synonymous with locomotive construction. Its rail works, originally operated by Fiat Ferroviaria and now managed by Alstom, have long driven the regional economy — fittingly, the town also hosts the Piedmont Railway Museum.
Beyond heavy industry like ironworks and foundries, the local economy historically relied on diverse trades ranging from silk manufacturing and cocoon-raising to sugar refinement and printing. Today, this pragmatic Piedmontese municipality remains deeply rooted in its industrial heritage rather than conventional tourism.
Near Savigliano
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
