ITALIANISSIMO

Piemonte

At the foot of the Alps, Piemonte is a dramatic rolling green countryside of castles and contemporary art, award-winning wines and delicious culinary delicacies, and adventure sports and magical stories.

FUN FACTS

Piemonte literally means “at the foot of the mountains”
In 218 BC, Hannibal, army and elephants crossed the Alps and sacked Taurasia, today’s Torino
Torino is the City of Magic- lying on the 45th parallel it is one of the three vertices of Black and White magic triangles
Turin was Italy’s first capital (1861-1864
Ernest Hemingway based much of his 1929 novel “A Farewell to Arms” in the northeast town of Stresa
Piemonte counts five historic languages: piemontese, occitano, francoprovenzale, francese and walser,

ITALIANISSIMO

Piemonte

FUN FACTS

Piemonte literally means “at the foot of the mountains”
In 218 BC, Hannibal, army and elephants crossed the Alps and sacked Taurasia, today’s Torino
Torino is the City of Magic- lying on the 45th parallel it is one of the three vertices of Black and White magic triangles
Turin was Italy’s first capital (1861-1864
Ernest Hemingway based much of his 1929 novel “A Farewell to Arms” in the northeast town of Stresa
Piemonte counts five historic languages: piemontese, occitano, francoprovenzale, francese and walser,