Piedmont: the region’s name derives from the Alps mountains; infact Piedmont stand for “at the foot (Piede in Italian) of the mountains” Its principal city Turin, the capital of the region, is one of most important centres of baroque art. Piedmont has a large industrial area (in Turin is based one of the most important motor vehicle factory of the Europe: Fiat, but is a region famous for wine production (Barolo and Barbera) on its southern hills . Monferrato and Langhe hills are famous for its foods, wine typical products and for the appreciated White Truffle.

-Turin: details about Turin...
-Alessandria: at the foot of the last of the hills in the Monferrato, a typical medieval fortified town, with low houses surrounded by walls. The Chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello, the first Cathedral, fine churches and baroque palazzos such as the Palazzo della Prefettura (1730–33).
-Cuneo: large rectangular piazzas, porticoed streets lined with palazzos built for the nobility, the Baroque cathedral, and the old shops covered with inlaid wood mostly date from the 18th c. and 19th c.

Varied natural landscape including mountains(Alps: Monviso, Gran Paradiso, Monte Rosa, Argentera), valleys, hills (the Langhe, Monferrato), lakes (Maggiore, dOrta, di Viverone), and the Valgrande National Park

Piedmont's moutains to skiing, for walks, trekking and horse-riding in nature parks and protected areas. Hilly landscapes, with the heritage of its past in castles, sanctuaries, abbeys and country churches, with the harmonious geometry of vineyards that produce wines of great prestige.
Piedmonts moutains to skiing, for walks, trekking and horse-riding in nature parks and protected areas. Hilly landscapes, with the heritage of its past in castles, sanctuaries, abbeys and country churches, with the harmonious geometry of vineyards that produce wines of great prestige. Ancient traditons survive in commemorations in costume ( the Palio of Asti and the Carnival of Ivrea etc..)
Piedmontese tastes appreciated worldwide: specialities like the truffle, wines (Asti and Monferrato), cheese; Vermouth, and Fernet(produced in 1865 by Benedetto Branca).