The Region stretches on the buttress of a great Alpine arc: Maritime, Cotian, Graian,
Pennine Alps and a little part of the Lepontine Alps.
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Piedmont
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The Region stretches on the buttress of a great Alpine arc: Maritime, Cotian, Graian,
Pennine Alps and a little part of the Lepontine Alps. It includes two large hilly areas, the Langhe and the Monferrato.
The Po river has its source in Piedmont. The region is crossed by several Alpine
streams flowing into the Po. In the eastern part, we find two
bigger lakes: Lago Maggiore and Lago d'Orta.
Cities:
The regional capital is
Turin. Other important cities are: Asti, Alessandria, Cuneo, Novara, Vercelli, Biella and Verbania.
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Art:
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In Turin and in Susa interesting traces of the Roman Age can be found. The religious
Romanesque-Gothic architecture is remarkable: splendid examples are the Abbey of Vezzolano, the Sacra di San Michele,
the Abbey of Staffarda, St. Antonio di Ranverso, St. Andrea in Vercelli and other churches in Saluzzo, Chieri and
Ciriè. The Baroque style has greatly influenced the appearance of most Piedmontese cities, especially in
Turin, capital of Dukedom of Savoy: Palazzo Carignano, Palazzo Madama, the majestic Castle of Stupinigi, the basilica
of Superga, which rises on a hill near Turin are outstanding examples.
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Museums:
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In Turin the visitors should not miss a visit to the Royal Armory,
one of the richest in Europe; the
Egyptian Museum, the second most
important in the world after the one
in Cairo, with the precious remains
of the ancient civilization, which
built the Pyramids. In Vercelli the Borgogna Museum, which houses the works of the local Renaissance painters;
in Alessandria the Civic Museum and the Pinacoteca deserve a visit. Asti’s art-gallery houses both fifteenth-century
and eighteenth-nineteenth century paintings. Cuneo's Civic Museum is especially reserved to the local history and
artistic tradition.
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To be visited:
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The great ski centers of Sestrière, Bardonecchia, Sansicario; the district
of the Langhe and the Lakes Orta and Maggiore.
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Langhe
Church Tower
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