Tours
Art and Nature in Monregalese and Cuneese TO
Trips by car
Vicoforte is easily accessible from Mondovì. Take the Turin-Savona motorway, follow the city by-pass and follow directions for Vicoforte, which is only a few minutes away.
The Sanctuary is located south of the town.
Turn back slightly and take the detour for Vasco and Villanova Mondovì. This lovely road at the foot of the mountains takes you to Chiusa Pesio.
The road then rises and follows the entire Pesio Valley up to the head of the valley. Returning down the Pesio Valley as far as Chiusa, turn left towards Peveragno. Cuneo is 11 kilometres away.
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Places
Forte di Vinadio
Requested by Re Carlo Alberto, the Forte (Fort) di Vinadio represents one of the most important examples of military architecture from the Alps. It extends length-wise for 1,200 meters, on three levels, which cover about 10 km of interior passageway.
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.
Castello di Aglič
This sumptuous home was built, beginning in 1646 following a design by Amedeo di Castellamonte, by Filippo d’Aglie, statesman, literary man, choreographer, and adviser to Madama Reale, on the ruins of an ancient fortress.
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People
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…"
Harrison Birtwistle
“Torino is a city that welcomes you, and never invades you. You feel respected. As a “tourist” you don’t feel assailed like you do in Venice, Florence or Rome. Torino is a city that loves itself, where people are well.”
Gianni Farinetti
“There must be something in the water. It’s a strange phenomenon, the explosion that has taken place in the past fifteen years: there is a school of singer-songwriters from Genoa or a Roman school of painting, and then there are the writers from Torino… This is a good place to hide. Writing is observing, listening and then retreating into solitude. This is also a city of books, with a thousand bookstores and this exciting quantity of written words causes something.”
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