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Biella ( Italian: [ˈbjɛlla] ⓘ; Piedmontese: Biela; Latin: Bugella) is a city and comune (municipality) in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Turin and at about the same distance ...
Biella ( AFI: /ˈbjɛlla/ [4]; Bièla [ˈbjɛla] in piemontese, Böielu in töitschu [5]) è un comune italiano di 42 859 abitanti [1], capoluogo dell' omonima provincia nel Piemonte settentrionale. La città è situata ai piedi delle Alpi Biellesi, e la sua esistenza è attestata sin dall' alto Medioevo.
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Biella, city, Piemonte ( Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy. It lies at the foot of the Alps, on the Cervo River, northeast of Turin. A Gallic and Roman centre, it was a medieval possession of the counts of Vercelli before passing to the house of Savoy in 1379. Biella is divided into Biella Piazzo (upper) and Biella Piano (lower) towns ...
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Biella town is connected with the stations of Santhià and Novara on the Torino - Milano line. Trains are run by Trenitalia, with one train every hour. The trip takes about 1 hr 30 min. Biella has two railway stations. The main one, Biella San Paolo railway station is the junction of the Biella–Novara and Santhià–Biella railways.
Biella, a town in northern Piemonte, is the capital of the province of the same name. The centre lies in the foothills of the Alps, in the Bo mountain range near Mt. Mucrone and Camino, an area rich in springs and lakes, the heart of the Biellese Alps irrigated by several mountain torrents: the Elvo river to the west of the town, the Oropa river and the Cervo river to the east.
Globally, Biella is synonymous with research, leading to variety of projects focused on the social and environmental impact of wool production and innovative fibers being funded. As a Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, Biella envisages: connecting local players through creativity and culture, instruments in the planning of local development;
