Occitania Occitania is an historical region in the middle of the European continent spread over three countries. It has never been a political entity, however the population share a common language, Occitan, and culture. It stretches from the Italian alpine valleys, through southern France, up to the Aran val... [continua] The language: Occitan The Occitan language, known also as Òc language, comes from òc, the Occitan word for yes, which comes from the Latin word hoc. The Italian medieval poet Dante was the first to distinguish three literary languages based on each language word for yes: the òc language (Occitan), th... [continua] The Cross of Toulouse A yellow cross on a red background, the Cross of Toulouse, is the symbol of Occitania, with very old origins. The Toulouse Cross is a universal symbol with an unknown clear meaning. It seems that the origin of the Cross was pre-Christian and that its use as a solar symbol was spread overall the Medi... [continua] Music and Dance Traditional music and dance are the “export goods” of Occitan culture, as said by Sergio Berardo, one of the most famous Occitan musician. The traditional repertoire has medieval origins and it is associated with celebration of feast days. The most well known dances are giga, curenta, co... [continua] The literary tradition Between the 11th and 13th century, Occitan reached its highest diffusion level: it was widely spread and employed in administrative and legal documents, hence it was unified and codified with its own writing. Occitan literature flourished at the time of troubadours, the medieval lyric poets of the c... [continua] Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Occitania Occitania is an historical region in the middle of the European continent spread over three countries. It has never been a political entity, however the population share a common language, Occitan, and culture. It stretches from the Italian alpine valleys, through southern France, up to the Aran val... [continua] The language: Occitan The Occitan language, known also as Òc language, comes from òc, the Occitan word for yes, which comes from the Latin word hoc. The Italian medieval poet Dante was the first to distinguish three literary languages based on each language word for yes: the òc language (Occitan), th... [continua] The Cross of Toulouse A yellow cross on a red background, the Cross of Toulouse, is the symbol of Occitania, with very old origins. The Toulouse Cross is a universal symbol with an unknown clear meaning. It seems that the origin of the Cross was pre-Christian and that its use as a solar symbol was spread overall the Medi... [continua] Music and Dance Traditional music and dance are the “export goods” of Occitan culture, as said by Sergio Berardo, one of the most famous Occitan musician. The traditional repertoire has medieval origins and it is associated with celebration of feast days. The most well known dances are giga, curenta, co... [continua] The literary tradition Between the 11th and 13th century, Occitan reached its highest diffusion level: it was widely spread and employed in administrative and legal documents, hence it was unified and codified with its own writing. Occitan literature flourished at the time of troubadours, the medieval lyric poets of the c... [continua] Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The language: Occitan The Occitan language, known also as Òc language, comes from òc, the Occitan word for yes, which comes from the Latin word hoc. The Italian medieval poet Dante was the first to distinguish three literary languages based on each language word for yes: the òc language (Occitan), th... [continua] The Cross of Toulouse A yellow cross on a red background, the Cross of Toulouse, is the symbol of Occitania, with very old origins. The Toulouse Cross is a universal symbol with an unknown clear meaning. It seems that the origin of the Cross was pre-Christian and that its use as a solar symbol was spread overall the Medi... [continua] Music and Dance Traditional music and dance are the “export goods” of Occitan culture, as said by Sergio Berardo, one of the most famous Occitan musician. The traditional repertoire has medieval origins and it is associated with celebration of feast days. The most well known dances are giga, curenta, co... [continua] The literary tradition Between the 11th and 13th century, Occitan reached its highest diffusion level: it was widely spread and employed in administrative and legal documents, hence it was unified and codified with its own writing. Occitan literature flourished at the time of troubadours, the medieval lyric poets of the c... [continua] Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The Cross of Toulouse A yellow cross on a red background, the Cross of Toulouse, is the symbol of Occitania, with very old origins. The Toulouse Cross is a universal symbol with an unknown clear meaning. It seems that the origin of the Cross was pre-Christian and that its use as a solar symbol was spread overall the Medi... [continua] Music and Dance Traditional music and dance are the “export goods” of Occitan culture, as said by Sergio Berardo, one of the most famous Occitan musician. The traditional repertoire has medieval origins and it is associated with celebration of feast days. The most well known dances are giga, curenta, co... [continua] The literary tradition Between the 11th and 13th century, Occitan reached its highest diffusion level: it was widely spread and employed in administrative and legal documents, hence it was unified and codified with its own writing. Occitan literature flourished at the time of troubadours, the medieval lyric poets of the c... [continua] Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Music and Dance Traditional music and dance are the “export goods” of Occitan culture, as said by Sergio Berardo, one of the most famous Occitan musician. The traditional repertoire has medieval origins and it is associated with celebration of feast days. The most well known dances are giga, curenta, co... [continua] The literary tradition Between the 11th and 13th century, Occitan reached its highest diffusion level: it was widely spread and employed in administrative and legal documents, hence it was unified and codified with its own writing. Occitan literature flourished at the time of troubadours, the medieval lyric poets of the c... [continua] Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The literary tradition Between the 11th and 13th century, Occitan reached its highest diffusion level: it was widely spread and employed in administrative and legal documents, hence it was unified and codified with its own writing. Occitan literature flourished at the time of troubadours, the medieval lyric poets of the c... [continua] Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Occitania of the troubadours Some of the earliest concepts of Occitan medieval court society became part of Western culture. They were spread by the poets of the Provençal school and by Dante Alighieri itself. Among them, the concepts of «pretz», the value which corresponds to the public recognition of ... [continua] The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The «convivencia» Real key word of traditional and contemporary Occitan civilisation is the concept of convivencia, something more than conviviality. It is first of all a characteristic of daily life: the pacific sharing of food, of feast and music, which everybody visiting Occitania may find at local festivals and i... [continua] Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Occitan Cuisine Alpine populations have always been dealing with short summer seasons, low soil fertility and with large distance from city markets. These elements favoured a self-sufficient agriculture and produced simple local ingredients for the dishes of the Occitan Piedmontese valleys. Potatoes for example are... [continua] The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The List of the World Heritage in Danger by UNESCO In 2008, Chambra d’Òc launched the campaign “Lenga d’òc Patrimòni Mondial de l’Umanitat” (Òc language - World Heritage), in order to include the Occitan language and culture within the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list of UNESCO. The... [continua] Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Piedmontese Occitan Valleys (geographic location) In Piedmont, eighteen valleys include an Occitan-speaking community, with a total population larger than 200.000 people. Hundred and seven municipalities have officially declared to belong to the Occitan linguistic minority according to the 482/99 Italian law and 120 are classified as Occitan-... [continua] The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The Briga Area In the upper Tanaro Valley two Italian regions meet, Liguria and Piedmont and two nations border, Italy and France. For centuries, an Occitan-speaking community has been living in the area where the Tanaro Valley encounters the Roia and the Argentina Valleys. Historically, the mountain pastures of t... [continua] The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
The Quié area The Occitan variant spoken in the Èllero valley indicates as «Quié» the 1st singular person subjective pronoun «I». Only in 1969, the linguist Corrado Grassi included this dialect spoken in some villages of the Monregalese valleys in the contest of the Occitan l... [continua] Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Pesio Valley The Pesio Valley is one of the most woody valleys of the Western Alps due to its proximity to the sea and to abundant rainfalls. For centuries, the local forest resources have been wisely administered by the Charterhouse of Pesio. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, in the second half of... [continua] Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Vermenagna valley Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime Alps. Along the alpine ridge one finds the ru... [continua] Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Gesso valley Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century. Wild valleys, game abundance, impervious nature made the terr... [continua] Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Stura Valley The symbolic starting point of the Stura valley is located at the centre of Cuneo, in that Francia Road that points straight to the Maddalena Col toward France. The valley is in a strategic transalpine position and for this reason it suffers traffic congestion. In the past, it represented a milita... [continua] Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Grana Valley For a long time, the Grana valley has been under dispute between the Saluzzo Marquisate and the Cuneo municipality. The valley was then occupied alternatively by the Savoy and the French. Today the Grana valley plays a secluded role in its geographical region which is in contradiction with its ... [continua] Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Maira Valley Access to the long and narrow Maira Valley has been always somewhat difficult as the road to the valley is narrow and steep. This meant that during the economic Italian development in the 1960s the valley has been preserved by mass tourism. That meant also a heavy emigration which emptied the vil... [continua] Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Varaita Valley The Varaita valley is one of the longest and widest valleys of the Cuneo area stretching deep into the Cozie Alps up to the Monviso peak (3841 m), the highest top of Occitania. The valley, for a long time divided between the Delphinate and the Saluzzo Marquisate, was then unified under the Savoy Hou... [continua] Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
Po, Bronda and Infernotto Valleys A short valley for a long river. The Po, the longest Italian river, has its source at the base of the Monviso mountain and run across the steep and narrow Po valley as a tumultuous torrent. In about 22 km, starting at Pian del Re the river covers 1400 m of height. However, the attracting reasons fo... [continua]
