Italy

Surroundings of Piazza Castello – Turin

Further north, Via Roma runs through the centre of Turin, passing along the way objects crucial for the history of the Savoy dynasty and the unification of Italy. In the Palazzo Carignano with two facades, miejscu narodzin Wiktora …

In the baroque centre of Turin, an even grid of streets makes orientation very easy. One of the most refined points is Via Roma, central artery of the city. This is where the most expensive shops are located, the most chic cafes and the most elegant squares (m.in. Piazza San Carlo, in the vicinity of which they are located …

Turin (Torino)

"Do you know Turin?", he once asked Nietzsche and continued.: "This is my beloved city (…) full of seventeenth-century palaces. The taste of the court and the nobles gives character to everything here, aristocratic peace permeates the atmosphere and there are no run-down suburbs here. " Today full …

There are no less Italian regions, than Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta (Val d'Aosta) located on the northwestern tip of Italy, surrounded by the French and Swiss Alps and crossed by mountain valleys. Until the end of the last century, French was spoken in Piedmont, to Val d'Aosta …

CULINARY HOLIDAYS

Gourmet festivals are less prominent than religious celebrations, but no less recommendable. They are usually devoted to individual regional specialties; food is accompanied by dances, concerts of the local brass band and. at the end of the evening, noisy fireworks displays.

There are such holidays …

There are few national holidays in Italy, but local celebrations never end . The days of patron saints are usually a pretext for one form or another of madness. All cities, towns and villages have their own local saint, whose relics i …

North

Piedmont is on a par with Tuscany as a producer of the best Italian red wines. The most famous are the traditional types of old wines: Barolo. Barbaresco and Barbera (the latter is the most expensive). Every day wines made from dolcetto grapes are better. especially young and slightly chilled Dolcetto dAlba. …

Wine, just like all Italian cuisine, suffered from stereotypical images of him, iambrusco ranks second on the list of the best wines in the UK, and cheap Soaves and Chianti are the most popular wines in Europe. High harvest, low prices, export at all …

Despite. that most Italian children drink wine from an early age. there is no tradition of binge drinking in Italy. It is rare to see intoxicated people on the street. young people do not spend their evenings drinking heavily, and women who abuse alcohol are particularly condemned. Nevertheless, alcohol …

REGIONAL CUISINES

Piedmont

Piedmontese cuisine shows the close ties of this region with France. Dishes such as fondutta /franc are served here. fondue) and in the preparation of dishes willingly use butter and cream. As in the whole north, oliwa i …