Montalto Dora is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin.
Main sights Montalto Dora Castle, known from the mid-12th century but rebuilt in the 18th-20th centuries. It has a massive mastio and a chapel with 15th-century frescoes. The castle was owned by the bishopric of Ivrea, from which it went to the Duchy of Savoy in the 14th century. Parish church of Sant'Eusebio Church of San Rocco (c. early 16th century), with Mannerist frescoes inside Villa Casana, dating to the late 16th century but enlarged around 1918. Lake Pistono and Lake Nero, two lakes of glacial origin.
Twin towns Cannara, Italy
References
External links Castle of Montalto Dora official web-site www.comune.montalto-dora.to.it