Places to see in ( Cuneo - Italy )
Places to see in ( Cuneo - Italy )
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the rivers Stura and Gesso. There is a raft of reasons why you should drop by stately Cuneo, not least being the food, the bike friendliness, the hiking possibilities nearby, and, last but certainly not least, the city's signature rum-filled chocolates.
Sitting on a promontory of land between two rivers, Cuneo also provides excellent Alpine views framed by the high pyramid-shaped peak of Monte Viso (3841m) in the Cottian Alps.
Including all bordering municipalities Beinette, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Busca, Caraglio, Castelletto Stura, Centallo, Cervasca, Morozzo, Peveragno, Tarantasca and Vignolo the population is 123,301 inhabitants. It is near six important mountain passes:
Colle della Maddalena at 1,996 metres (6,549 ft)
Colle di Tenda at 1,871 metres (6,138 ft) - Tunnel of Tenda at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long
Colle del Melogno at 1,027 metres (3,369 ft)
Colle San Bernardo at 957 metres (3,140 ft)
Colle di Nava at 934 metres (3,064 ft)
Colle di Cadibona at 459 metres (1,506 ft).
Cuneo was founded in 1198 by the local population, who declared it an independent commune, freeing themselves from the authority of the bishops of Asti and the marquisses of Montferrat and Saluzzo. In 1210 the latter occupied it, and in 1231 the Cuneesi rebelled. In 1238 they were recognized as free commune by Emperor Frederick II.
In 1259 the independence of Cuneo ceased forever, as it gave itself, also to take protection against its more powerful neighbours, to Charles I of Anjou, who was then King of Naples and Count of Provence. Together with Alba, it was the main Angevine possession in Northern Italy; their rule (in fact interrupted by periods under Saluzzo, Savoy, the Visconti of Milan) ended in 1382 when Cuneo was acquired by the Duchy of Savoy.
Alot to see in Cuneo :
Villa Oldofredi Tadini, built in the 14th and 15th centuries as a watchtower. It is now a museum housing collections of the owners, the Mocchia and Oldofredi Tadini families.
Villa Tornaforte, surrounded by an English-style park.
Civic Museum
Railway Museum
Churches of Santa Croce, San Giovanni Decollato and Santissima Annunziata, housing paintings by Giovan Francesco Gaggini.
Panoramic funicolar that connects plateau to Gesso river.
Monument of Stura and Gesso in Torino Square
The median way of the plateau (Rome Avenue, Galimberti Square and Nice Avenue): the commercial heart of Cuneo.
New Bridge (Ponte Nuovo) between the center of the city and Madonna dell' Olmo
Monument at Peano's curve
Palazzo Uffici Finanziari (PUF), highest edifice in the city at about 50 metres (160 ft)
Most important and populated: Centro storico, Cuneo centro, Cuneo nuova, San Paolo, Donatello, Gramsci, San Rocco, Cerialdo, Confreria and Borgo San Giuseppe. Cuneo's specialty is Cuneesi al rhum, chocolates with a unique rum-based filling. The most famous brand is Arione, located in Piazza Galimberti (the city's central square). Arione, founded in 1923, has kept its traditional furniture.
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HOMI JANUARY 2014 - LA MAGNIFICA FORMA
L'arte di un Paese scritta nella sua storia e ora esposta e custodita nei suoi musei incrocia il design di oggi, forte debitore del passato, che da esso può trovare nuovi stimoli per diventarne ispirato testimone.
Ecco le componenti de La Magnifica Forma, curata dall'architetto Anna Del Gatto, all'interno del satellite Living Habits, per raccontare l'arte italiana come fonte di viva ispirazione per i designer e inesauribile risorsa per il rilancio della cultura museale italiana.
Ventotto opere artigianali e industriali ideate da 12 designers, individuati per una particolare sensibilità progettuale e realizzate da grandi aziende italiane, in un ideale percorso tra i più grandi musei di Milano evocano le celebri opere d'arte che hanno ispirato le singole creazioni in un gioco di rimandi culturali formali.
Lavorando con gli strumenti contemporanei su elementi del passato, l'iniziativa mette in campo i due più importanti ambiti del nostro paese e cioè la grande capacità del saper fare ed il più grande patrimonio artistico esistente al mondo.
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The Italian art written in the past and now housed and displayed in Italy's museums and galleries, and contemporary design, which owes so much to the past, and can find new incentives there, so that the result today becomes an inspired testimonial to past greatness.
These are the components of La Magnifica Forma, curated by the architect Anna Del Gatto, in the Living Habits satellite, where Italian art is portrayed as a source of living inspiration for designers today and an inexhaustible resource through which to relaunch Italy's museum culture.
Twenty - eight works, made by artisanal and industrial processes, designed by 12 designers. The designers have been selected for having a particularly sensitive design, and the items have been produced by large Italian companies. In an ideal route visiting Milan's leading museums, the famous artworks which inspired the individual creations are evoked in an interplay of formal cultural references.
Working with contemporary tools on elements from the past, the initiative hopes to raise the profile of two of our country's most important assets: our great gift for creativeness and the world's largest artistic heritage.