What is "salussola"

Salussola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella.

Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Dorzano, Massazza, Roppolo, Verrone, Villanova Biellese.

In the very last days of WWII, in Salussola was perpetrated a massacre where 20 partisans were murdered by Italian Fascist Soldiers.