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Introduzione

Piemonte, in northern Italy, occupies the upper Po basin and the adjoining pre-Alpine moraine and hill region, bounded on the south, west and north by the mighty mountain arc of the Apennines and the Alps, which here reach their highest points in Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, the Gran Paradiso and the Matterhorn. It borders with France, Switzerland, and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, and the Aosta Valley. The region takes in six provinces with Turin as its capital.

Lowland Piemonte is a fertile agricultural region, producing wheat, rice, maize, and wine grapes. It is widely recognized as one of Italy's three premier wine producing regions (along with Tuscany and the Veneto). Among the famous and prized wines of the Piemonte are Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto, Ruche, and Brachetto. The region also contains major industrial centres, notably Turin, home to the FIAT automobile works. In February 2006 Turin hosted the XX Olympic Winter Games.

History and Culture

Originally occupied by a number of different peoples, Piemonte (“foot of the mountain”) was Romanised in the time of Augustus. After the fall of the Roman Empire it was held successively by the Lombards (Langobardi) and the Franks. It was devastated by the Magyars in 899 (massacre of Vercelli) and later by the Saracens. Thereafter it split up into a patchwork of coun- ties, duchies and marquisates, the most important of which in the 10th century were Ivrea and Turin, joined by Saluzzo and Monferrato in the 12th century. In the 11th century most of the present-day Piemonte passed to the house of Savoy (French Pieamont) as a result of a dynastic marriage; and the territory became in the 13th century the county, and in 1416 the duchy, of Piemonte. Thereafter it was disputed between the Habsburgs and France, owing its importance and the vicissitudes of its subsequent history largely to its control of the western Alpine passes (the Great and Little St Bernard). In 1720 Piemonte acquired Sardinia in exchange for Sicily, and as the kingdom of Sardinia played a leading part in the unification of Italy. In 1861 Victor Emmanuel II (1849-78), son of the last king of Sardinia, became king of Italy, with Turin, the old Piemonteese capital, as capital of the new kingdom until 1865.

Places in the Region of Piemonte

Piemonte (or Piemonte) offers the traveler a variety of wonderful landscapes, from the snow-topped mountains in the Alps that border with France and Switzerland, to the rolling foothills that flow out of the mountains, to a wide and fertile plain. Piemonte's snow and mountains provide spectacular settings for both winter tourism and traditional summer holidays. Thanks to the unusual conformation of the Piemonteese valleys, may of the resorts are like balconies overlooking moutain peaks of great beauty - Monviso, Gran Paradiso, Monte Rosa, Argentera. Piemonte's moutains, however, are not given over entirely to skiing. Foresight and a great love of nature have led to the creation and safeguarding of nature parks and protected areas that offer silent spots and uncontaminated nature for walks, trekking and horse-riding. There are beautiful hilly landscapes, where Piemonte's noble past is visible in the castles, sanctuaries, abbeys and country churches - and also expressed in vineyards that have, for centuries, created a harmonious geometry and produced many aristocratic wines of great prestige.

The region's lakes have always attracted an elite tourism and, in the 1800s, started to bring great travellers to Piemonte. The villas and gardens that adorn the shores of Lakes Maggiore and Orta demonstrate the importance through the years of these seductive sheets of water. Also unusual are the so-called “waterlands”: the provinces of Novara and Vercelli lying on a characteristic plain. With their cascine and farms, green fields, lakes and ricepaddies, distributed in a chequered pattern, they possess all the charm of lands in which man's history, nature and work have come together in a uncommon and refined equilibrium.

The history of this territory - one that, with the Savoy Dynasty, played such a major role in Italian vicissitudes - is visible in all the urban centres. From Italy's first capital, Turin, which despited industrial development has managed to conserve major expressions of the Risorgimento, to the minor towns and small centres that have conserved their indentity, skilfully stratifying the architecture of past and present. Culture and art can be found all over the region: in the abundance of art in the rich Savoy residences, the museums (from the great Egyptian Museum to small collections in the minor ethnographic museums), the castles, the religious Sacro Monte constructions, the abbeys filled with history and works of art, the splendid sanctuaries and small churches and chapels, expressions of popular devotion. Piemonte can boast the conservation of ancient traditons, notably the Palio of Asti and the Carnival of Ivrea, but also commemorations in costume of the History of the Languedocian culture, Passion plays and age-old fairs. In more recent times musical and theatrical events have carved a place for themselves alongside the Automobile Show and the Book Fair.

Drinks and cuisine

The tasty Piemonteese specialities are based on a number of typical products, considered regional treasures: first and foremost comes the truffle, followed by wines (Asti and Monferrato), cheese and cold meats. Other specialities are grissini (breadsticks), invented in the late 17th century for the delicate stomach of Vittorio Amedeo II, Vermouth, created in 1786 by Antonio Benedetto Carpano, and Fernet, produced in 1865 by Benedetto Branca.

Eventi

Cioccolato - Feb-Mar - Turin
Every year the town organizes cioccolato, a two week chocolate festival with the main Piemonteese chocolate factories and producers and some international ones like Lindt with tastings, sculpture competitions and numerous stalls selling sweet treats around the city centre.

The biennial Salone Internazionale del Gusto - Turin
An international five-day festival of food and wine, with traditional producers from around the world showcasing and selling their wares in a huge street market.

Festival Internazionale di Film con Tematiche Omosessuali - April - Turin
Is a five-day international gay and lesbian film festival held in April.

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Hotels in Piemonte
Hotel Due Mondi Single room - Von 49€ Superior Suite - Von 89€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Best Western Hotel Piemontese Junior suite - Von 109€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Del Parco Single room - Von 39€ Double room - Von 39€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Bes & Spa Standard Dus (sing - Von 159€ Executive Dbl - Von 276€ Classic Dbl - Von 228€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Sorgente Double room - Von 90€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Eur Hotel Volpiano Camera doppia uso - Von 54€ Twin room - Von 69€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Des Alpes Camera doppia uso - Von 59€ camera doppia-matr - Von 69€ Triple room - Von 89€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Residence San Paolo Single room - Von 55€ Double room - Von 55€ Triple room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Golden Palace Double room - Von 205€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Parco Sassi Leisure Single room - Von 80€ Twin room - Von 100€ Triple room - Von 115€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Residenza Dello Scoiattolo Camera con letti g - Von 45€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Interporto Single room - Von 50€ Twin room - Von 55€ Triple room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Albergo Artua'&Solferino Quadruple room - Von 160€ Twin room - Von 90€ Triple room - Von 135€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
All'Orchidea Hotel Single room - Von 47€ Twin room - Von 59€ Triple room - Von 75€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Bellavista Lago D'orta Junior suite - Von 90€ Single room - Von 60€ Triple room - Von 130€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Locanda Del Molino Vecchio Magnolia - Von 65€ Noci - Von 65€ Quercia - Von 100€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Astor Single room - Von 65€ Twin room - Von 85€ Triple room - Von 100€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Bijou Single room - Von 90€ Twin room - Von 120€ Triple room - Von 160€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Al Brich Double room - Von 55€ Triple room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Pian del Sole Single room - Von 50€ Double room - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Cà d' Rot Double room - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Alpino Single room - Von 50€ Twin room - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel FortyFive Double room - Von 80€ Suite - Von 100€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
LA\.TI\.MI\.DA\. Stanza Uva - Von 40€ Stanza Campanule - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Albergo Ristorante San Marco Doppia uso singolo - Von 65€ Double room - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Chicca Single room - Von 38€ Double room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Agorà Palace Single room - Von 100€ Twin room - Von 120€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Dock Milano Single room - Von 58.9€ Twin room - Von 69.9€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels