Piedmont

Fifty years of La Dolce Vita

Turin’s National Museum of Cinema is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Fellini’s masterpiece with a special exhibition that recreates the spirit both the film and the times, prompting Claire Provost to reflect on the emptiness that lay behind the sensuous Roman nights

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Santa is alive, well and living near Turin

Imagine the scene: it is Christmas Eve, you’ve had a busy day at work, you’ve come home, cooked and finally put your two excited toddlers to bed. Wearily you trudge down to your apartment block’s basement, where each tenant has a storeroom, to retrieve the gifts which you have hidden there – and they have gone... What would you do?

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Text found on Turin Shroud

Dr Frale thinks that the text was written on papyrus or a scroll by a mortuary official and then attached to the Shroud so that relatives would have been able to retrieve the body from a common grave after one year. She believes that ...

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The White Diamonds of Alba

Time has come for white truffles hunting season in Italy. In particular the Langhe and Roero areas in Piemont are the destination of thousands of hunters looking for the prestigious underground gems each year from October to December.

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Red brick castle in the Langhe, Piedmont

An ocean of vineyards cascades down a gentle slope, ringing the stone homes and red roofs of an ancient hillside village. Up on the crest, the mighty bulk of a red brick castle surveys the countryside.

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The Gardens of the Villa Pallavicino

Sue Robinson explores these unique gardens on Lago Maggiore

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Allure of rose over 500 years explored in Piedmont art show

A new show celebrating the allure, beauty and symbolic power of roses in Western art over the last five centuries will shortly open in the small Piedmont town of Caraglio.

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In the heart of the alps

Let Fabio Casale be your guide on a journey through the stunning scenery of the Piedmontese Alps

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Officers injured in G8 student clashes in Turin

Nineteen officers were taken to hospital with minor injuries and two students were arrested after a second day of clashes between police and protestors in Turin on Tuesday.

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Police and students clash in Turin G8 protests

Police and demonstrators clashed on Monday as students gathered in central Turin to protest a meeting of university chancellors linked to Italy's programme for this year's Group of Eight summit.

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