20 Interesting and Helpful Facts About Piedmont in Italy ❤️

20 Interesting and Helpful Facts About Piedmont in Italy
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The Northern Region of Piedmont

The northern Italian region of Piedmont translates to 'Piemonte' in Italian.

It represents Italy’s commercial power, and plays a major part in Italy being the country it is today.

This video shares 20 interesting and helpful facts about Piedmont in Italy.

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Food and wine have helped put Piedmont at the forefront of representing Italy’s commercial power, but there are many other reasons why Piedmont plays a major part in Italy being the country it is today.

Here are 20 interesting and helpful facts about Piedmont in Italy:

1. The name 'Piemonte' means 'foot of the mountain', being at the foot of the Alps, bordering Switzerland and France.

2. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, or 'Torino', as it's referred to locally.

Turin became the first capital city of Italy after the country was unified as the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 and until 1864, making Turin Italy’s royal city.

Here are some more interesting facts about Turin:

3. It's the birth-place of the Italian film industry, which started in the early 1900s.

4. There are more cafés per inhabitants here, than in anywhere else in Italy.

5. Turin is also the chocolate centre of Italy, hosting a 10-day fair that straddles November and December.

6. It's the birthplace of the aperitif ('aperitivo', in Italian), where Gaspare Campari learned his trade in the mid-1800s.

7. Piedmont’s population is over 4.5 million..

8. Piedmont is home to many lakes, including Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta.

9. The main international airport serving the Piedmont region is Turin-Caselle.

10. Emma Morano, born in Civiasco, near Lake Orta in 1899, died at the ripe old age of 117 in Verbania, by Lake Maggiore in 2017.

11. Food and wine are central to the Italian lifestyle – la dolce vita – and Piedmont is ideal for socialising with friends and family.

12. Piedmont produces over half of Italy’s rice, with its paddy fields centred around Novara and Vercelli.

13. Biella, a town at the foot of the Alps, is famous for its sheep producing luxury Merino wool.

14. The Slow Food Movement started up in the town of Bra, by Carlo Petrini.

15. The city of Asti is home to the production of sparkling wine, with Asti Spumanti and Martini being internationally well-known.

16. Turin is also home to Lavazza, the famous coffee house, founded by Luigi Lavazza in 1895.

17. Ferrero Rocher established themselves in the town of Alba, in 1946 by Pietro Ferrero.

Alba is also well-known for its white truffles.

18. Carmagnola, south of Turin, is known for creating the biggest-ever pepper soup in 2010, which entered the Guinness Book of Records for weighing over 2,600 lbs.

19. To burn off all of the calories from your culinary exploits around Piedmont, go and experience the Battle of the Oranges at the Ivrea carnival held in February.

20. To wash down all that you can manage to eat in Piedmont, you’re spoilt for red wines such as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera.

The town of Asti also produces the white Moscato d’Asti wine.

So, there you have it - 20 interesting and helpful facts about Piedmont in Italy.

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