Bra in Piedmont

2 February 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Davide Papalini/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Davide Papalini/cc-by-sa-3.0

Bra is a town and comune in the province of Cuneo in the northwest Italian region of Piedmont. It is situated 50 km south of Turin and 50 km northeast of Cuneo in the area known as Roero.   read more…

Cuneo in Piedmont

7 August 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Piazza Galimberti Panorama © Alessandro Vecchi

Piazza Galimberti Panorama © Alessandro Vecchi

Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura.   read more…

Alba in the Piedmont region

7 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Piazza Risorgimento © Davide Papalini

Piazza Risorgimento © Davide Papalini

Alba is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is considered the capital of the hilly area of Langhe, and is famous for its white truffle and wine production. The confectionery group Ferrero is based in Alba. In addition to traditional agriculture, Alba is a very important center of wine. In the area of Alba, in fact, there are 290 wineries that cultivating an area of 700 hectares of land, producing an average of 61,200 hl of wine annually.   read more…

Turin, capital of the Alps

3 August 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  8 minutes

Turin Collage © DanieleDF1995

Turin Collage © DanieleDF1995

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants; the Turin metropolitan area is estimated by OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.   read more…

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