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Piedmont (Piemonte) is the region of good food, good cheese and good wine.
It's an extraordinary green and fresh country, full of story, art, architecture and amazing landscapes. It is a fertile agricultural region and is the greatest winegrowing region in Italy. His 700 km² of vineyards are registered with DOC designations. It produces wines of renowned depth such as the famed Barbera, Barolo, Barbaresco and Moscato, as well as lesser known varieties such as Dolcetto, Freisa, Nebbiolo, Grignolino, Brachetto, Bonarda, Arneis and Pinot. The region contains major industrial centres, like Turin, home to the FIAT automobile works. Biella produces tissues and silks. Cuneo is the house of Ferrero's chocolate factories and important mechanical industries, able to built for Nasa and with Boeing. The tertiary also is flourishing: one of Italy's major banking groups, Sanpaolo, is based in Turin. In February 2006 Turin hosted the XX Olympic Winter Games. The region is the real economic engine of Italy. Piemonte is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including the Monviso, where the river Po rises, and the Monte Rosa. It borders with France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria and Aosta Valley. The percentage of the terrority which is a protected area is almost 8%. There are 56 different national parks. Piemonte is divided into eight provinces: Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino (the capital), Verbania and Vercelli.
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Jul 04, 2007
Thousands of old little tiny Fiat 500 for celebrate the 1st birthday of the newest baby car!
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Feb 11, 2006 - Feb 24, 2006
Turin, Italy -› -› ...
Inside Turin (Torino), my hometown, during the olimpics. Something to let you know abt my wonderful city, and his inhabitants.
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Dec 25, 2005 - Jan 27, 2006
London, England, UK -› Bad Hofgastein, Austria -› ...
Because of the snowfall in Austria, trains were delayed
and I ended up staying overnight at a hostel in Verona. The next day I
hopped back on the train to meet another friend from my Swedish
exchange, Chiara, in her home city of Torino (Turin in English). Chiara
lives conveniently close to the city centre, so we managed to visit
most of the sights in a day and a half. I quickly learnt that
Torino is where Ferroro Rocher, Nutella, Martini and Tic Tacs were
first made. In recognition of...
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Jul 13, 2006 - Jul 23, 2006
London, England, UK -› Venice, Italy -› ...
Originally we were supposed to arrive in Torino at 11AM, but we don't even get into Torino until 11pm. And, once we arrived in Torino, Erin and I had a pleasant little surprise waiting for us - a taxi sciopero!! Just our luck. However, this is the exact moment where our luck turned around. There was a nice man at the station, waiting for his daughter to arrive, he didn't speak much english, but since I know Italian we were able to roughly understand each other.&nb...
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