bridge in Quincinetto
Share
License
bridge in QuincinettoThe World > Europe > Italy > Piedmont |
|
|
One of the low points of the GTA is Quincinetto. Here, the GTA descends to an altitude of just about 300m, when it crosses the Dora Baltea at Quincinetto.
After a long hot ascent from Quincinetto, I could not resist clambering down from the path to this in...
Coming from Quincinetto, the routing of the GTA has now changed so that Colle di Giassit is reached b...
Baite dell'Alpe Cavanna nelle prealpi biellesi a 1470 metri sul livello del mare. Oltre le baite si v...
La strada di montagna che si vede sale fino alle baite di Alpi Ghiazzetti (Giassit) a circa 1630 metr...
The old route of the GTA traversed on the slope below, but it's now no longer used as it's overgrown....
The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium, i. e. "ad pedem montium", meaning "at the foot of the mountains": Piedmont, whose capital is Turin, is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monviso, where Po river rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Aosta Valley, Lombardy, Liguria and Emilia Romagna.
Its history was linked for centuries to Savoy dynasty: since 1046 Piedmont was part of County of Savoy, raised to Duchy of Savoy in 1416, evolved in the eighteenth century into the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. The role of Piedmont for Italy's unification is comparable to the role of Prussia for Germany and his army was the engine of the unification process, ended with the creation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The presence of Savoy in its territory bequeathed a large number of castles and residences.
Lowland Piedmont is a fertile agricultural region, producing wheat, rice and maize and is one of the great winegrowing areas in Italy. The region contains major industrial centres: FIAT automobile plants in Turin, Ferrero's chocolate factories in Alba, tissue and silk manufactories in Biella, in Ivrea Olivetti was an important technology center, publishing in Turin and Novara.
