2006 snowboarding gold medal
2006 Snowboarding Gold medal
I love touring Italy – Small Town Piedmont
If You Are looking for a tourist destination European, consider the Piedmont region in northern Italy. Depending on your interests, this beautiful region could be a place to stay. You get classic Italian food, and wash with local wine. There are even parts of Piedmont that have not yet been discovered by tourists. This Article This "rest of Piedmont, outside of Piedmont in Turin, capital of the region's largest city. Another article presents Turin.
Piedmont half a foot of the mountain, and it describes perfectly the region. Much of the area is surrounded by hills and mountains like the Alps. Although the setting is beautiful, do not expect a Mediterranean climate, as in most of Italy. Time Piedmont is continental summers are hot and winters are cold, especially in the plains.
Let's start our tour of the Piedmont Stupinigi west of Turin and go west in Bardonecchia near the French border. Then we headed south and east of Alba and, finally, to the north-east of the town of Casale Monferrato near the border of Lombardy.
Stupinigi, a city of about two hundred people a few miles southwest of Turin in Piedmont is our Center first stop. The Palazzina di Caccia (Caccia Hunting Lodge) has been built in the early eighteenth century. With its 137 rooms and 17 galleries of art, is really something to see. It houses the Museum of Arte e Ammobiliamento (Museum of Art and Decoration). The lodge is surrounded by the natural park di Stupinigi (Stupinigi Nature Reserve), with its collection of rare plants and animals.
The nearby town of Rivoli, which was once the courtyard of the House of Savoy. It houses the Casa del Siglo XV Conte Verde (Casa del Conte Verde). Rivoli also houses the Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum of Contemporary Art) in a castle that began in the eighteenth century, but only at the end of last century. His collection focuses on the Permanent Italian art, minimalist art, conceptual art, Land Art and Arte Povera movement.
The Abbey of San Antonio Ranverso abbey founded in the twelfth century by the hospital of San Antonio is said on the site of phenomenal cures for a multitude ills. The buildings, the frescoes on the walls, and the landscape itself to the impression of being in the Middle Ages. Charlemagne visited the region.
The Sacra di San Michele Abbey (San Miguel) was built in the late tenth century Benedictine order for about a thousand years in the Pirchiriano Monte. This site is a cliff three thousand feet and the view is spectacular. The abbey was once the checkpoint for nearly two hundred European churches, including the famous Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France. The Abbey of San Miguel has been the subject of many attacks over centuries and abandoned in 1622. It was restored over a hundred years. The site also contains three small chapels built during the ninth to twelfth centuries.
The ski resort of Bardonecchia near the French border in a sunny Alpine valley surrounded by mountains. During 2006 Torino Winter Olympics held several events during the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, including snowboarding giant slalom. There are about 140 km (90 miles) from snowboarding and skiing trails for all levels. The nearby town of Sestriere has a central place in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Winter 2006. She has hosted ski competitions of all men and was the site of the Olympic Village. The resort offers night skiing, and during the summer Opening the highest altitude of Europe golf eighteen.
Times change. In the Middle Ages the town of Pinerolo was a major turning point in Italy, and therefore a major asset of the Dukes of Savoy. It is now a quiet town with about 35,000 inhabitants, a ninth century Gothic cathedral and the church San Maurizio (St. Moritz). He also had two recent requests of Fame. At the time of Louis XIV Pinerolo held a French prisoner whose face had ever seen. They called him the man in the iron mask. More recently the site of the Pinerolo curling competition during the Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006.
Saluzzo, the population of about sixteen miles, in a Lombard-Gothic cathedral, built in the late fifteenth century and several Churches of interest. The town itself is well preserved. It was the site of the Office of the Clerk's Tale Chauche his Canterbury Tales.
The city of Alba was once known as the "City of hundred towers". Some remain. There cathedral and several churches worth visiting, plus F. Eusebio Municipal Museum of Archaeology and Natural Sciences. But most tourists visit Alba for its wine and white truffles. Both Barolo and Barbaresco and wines are produced few kilometers from the city. And his nickname is "The city of white truffle." If you want to try one of these great local products to make portfolio.
The town of Alba received a gold medal for military valor to honor their citizens and their participation in the resistance movement Italy during the Second World War. Alba supporters released in October 1944 and established the Republic of Alba, who survived for a few weeks. Was the name of Napoleon in Piedmont Republic of Alba which survived much longer, either between 1796 and 1801.
Asti has often competed with its neighbor, Alba, located about 18 miles (30 kilometers) north-east. Both were known as the city of hundred towers. And both cities produce white truffles. And both are major producers of wine. Asti Spumante, Asti is now called, was probably the most famous Italian sparkling wine. Note that not saying that the best Italian sparkling wine. The region produces Asti wines that compete with most of the wines of Alba. The third Sunday of September Asti celebrates its victory in a medieval battle against Alba with the Palio d'Asti, a bareback horse race preceded by a medieval parade. You also want to see the remaining towers of the city, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Saint Mary of the Assumption Cathedral) and the Gothic church of San Secondo.
Piedmont ended our visit in the town of Casale Monferrato. The cathedral was built in 742 and rebuilt Sant'Evasio early twelfth century. It are other churches and a castle to visit. You should also see the synagogue, built in 1595 and considered one of the most beautiful synagogues in Europe.
What about food? The Piedmont region is well known for all sorts of foods, often with a French touch. Remember that the French House of Savoy has decided the region for more than five hundred years. In 1986, the Piedmont city of Barolo Carlo Petrini founded the Slow Food Association in protest against the opening of a McDonald's in Rome. In twenty years Slow Food has grown from 80,000 members in 100 countries. Slow Food fight for traditional agriculture, to protect the environment and ensure that local, artisanal products are economically viable and widely available. Each operating octubre second exhibition and international conference.
Let's offer a menu tasting, one of many. Start with Bagna Cauda (Vegetable Dip with anchovies, garlic and olive oil). Then, try Carbonada (stewed beef). For dessert, treat yourself Sabayon (Zabaglione
About the Author
Levi Reiss has authored alone or with a co-author ten computer and Internet books, but to tell the truth, he would really rather just drink fine French, German, or other wine, accompanied by the right foods. He knows what dieting is, and is glad that for the time being he can eat and drink what he wants, in moderation. He teaches classes in computers at an Ontario French-language community college. Visit his new wine, diet, health, and nutrition website www.wineinyourdiet.com and his global wine website www.theworldwidewine.com.
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