Monteu da Po

Monteu da Po
—  Comune  —
Comune di Monteu da Po
Remains of Industria.
Coat of arms
Monteu da Po Location of Monteu da Po in Italy
Coordinates: 45°11′N 7°58′E / 45.183°N 7.967°E / 45.183; 7.967
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Turin (TO)
Government
- Mayor	Maria Elisa Ghion
Area
- Total	7 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation	177 m (581 ft)
Population (31 May 2007)
- Total	882
- Density	126/km2 (326.3/sq mi)
Demonym	Montuesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	10020
Dialing code	011

Monteu da Po is a small comune in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, 32 km north-east of Turin.

History

Monteu da Po was an ancient settlement of the Ligures. Its pre-Roman name, which appears on inscriptions of the early imperial period, was Bodincomagus from the Ligurian name of the Po, Bodincus, which meant "bottomless"^[1]. It stood on the right bank of the river, which has since changed its course and runs now a kilometre to the north of the town.

In Roman times this became the flourishing colonia Industria of the Augustan Regio IX, enrolled in the tribus Pollia. Its importance derived from its location on the road which followed the Po from Augusta Taurinorum to Vardagate.

Excavations have brought to light a tower, a cult building (previously identified as a theatre), a sanctuary of Isis, valuable bronze figures (some of them made locally) and numerous inscriptions.

Industria appears to have been deserted in the fourth century CE.

The name "Monteu" came from Latin mons acutus = "sharp mountain".

References

1. ^ Pliny, Hist. Nat. iii. 122

• Industria at the Perseus Digital Library.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
• http://www.comuni-italiani.it/001/162/

External links

• “INDU´STRIA'” in William Smith, Ed. (1854), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.