Touring Touring
ROMANESQUE
The art and the architecture, born of an ancient tenacity of spirit which can still be traced amongst the people of these parts.
BAROQUE
Do not expect the normal sumptuous excesses of Italian Baroque. Piedmont’s Baroque architecture seems to have been corrected in its sober and sensual elegance.
CONTEMPORARY ART
The task of art is to introduce chaos into order, prefiguring a new order for the future.
DESIGN
From the MOMA in New York to Turn, the new design community in Turin: the surprising locations and companies where the shapes and forms of the objects we use in daily life are invented and designed.
MUSEUMS
Our heritage for the new millennium, between the present and the future.
WINE
“A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine” Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, in Filosofia del gusto.
TASTE
Our local delicacies and crops are the fruit, not just of a naturally rich and generous land, but above all of the hard work, intelligence and research of companies of all sizes.
MOUNTAIN
It was inevitable that the mountains would become one of the favourite recreational centres in an area where, whichever way you look, left or right, your eyes inevitably fall on the Alps.
WATER
With its lakes, rivers and glaciers, this area offers a wealth of interesting spots, some more, some less well known.
WELLBEING
Piedmont’s Spa towns, with their inviting waters, are places where you can take care of and spoil yourself, which combine exceptional, manmade landscapes with a natural environment of outstanding beauty.
SPORT
Fun, competition and new challenges, in a land of champions where every kind of sport is on offer.
HANDICRAFT
Piedmontese arts and crafts are created with care and passion, using traditional handicraft methods.
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Places
Castello di Costigliole d’Asti
Surrounded by a large park, the castle houses an international cooking school and the annual “asta del Barbera” (“Barbera auction”) which has become a not-to-miss event for fans of quality wine.
Historical Wine Cellars in Canelli
The wine cellars – which hold ancient barrels perfectly lined-up – have brick arches, lowered large round arches connected to each other by tunnels that reach into the layers and strata of earth which have formed over the centuries.
Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio
The Filatoio (Spinning Mill), built between 1676 and 1678, is an extraordinary example of 17th century Piemonte “industrial architecture”. Today, completely restored, it houses the Museo Regionale della Seta (Regional Silk Museum), as well as contemporary art shows.
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People
Piero Chiambretti
"The free time I have, I spend in Torino. It’s the place where I grew as a human and professionally. My years of study and cabaret, those of fleeing and returning a winner, those of my haunts. Torino is my life."
Luciana Littizzetto
"I like living in Toino. It has a singular beat. The accent is an important source of inspiration: it’s slow, deliberate, not suited for funny moments, but if it’s natural and not affected, it works and makes you laugh."
Carolina Kostner
"The people of Piemonte are rather similar to the people of Alto Adige. That’s probably because the mountains are two steps away…but, in Torino, which is a big city, there isn’t the same atmosphere as there is in my part of the country. Here, there’s everything. Discovering its most interesting sides will be a true pleasure…"
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