Wedge
It is the city of seven sieges, indomitable and rebellious, but also a lounge city, characterized by an atmosphere of welcome and hospitality. Hundreds of meters of arcades, which make it a vast open-air shopping center, start from Via Roma, the main street of the historic center, to arrive at the vast and elegant Piazza Galimberti, the heart of the city that keeps the memory of the Resistance alive. and the Gold Medal it boasts.
Tradition and modernity, with the new city winding along Corso Nizza. The main streets are overlooked by the portals of the oldest churches, the Town Hall and the houses of the old nobility, while the narrower streets hide treasures such as the churches of Santa Chiara and Santa Croce, Contrada Mondovì with the synagogue of the former Jewish ghetto , the Toselli Theater and the medieval palaces dominated by the former church of San Francesco. Curtains of greenery sprouted from the roots of the ancient walls, sinking into the park around the city and extending into the numerous avenues and gardens, along the tree lined with lights and shadows of the Viale degli Angeli, making Cuneo the "green capital of Piedmont. ". Founded in 1198, Cuneo takes its name from the shape of the plateau on which it stands, at the confluence of the Gesso stream with the Stura river, a triangle with the tip stuck in the heart of the plain and the other two open towards the mountains and the six wonderful valleys leading to France.
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WEDGE
ANNUAL EVENTS
Cuneo Illuminated July
Location: Piazza Galimberti - Via Roma - Piazza Europa - ex. Foro Boario Time: serale
From: 14 July To: 24 July
Description: Initiative aimed at promoting tourism in Cuneo - Bright structures that will light up in time with music and collateral initiatives.
Great Summer Fair - 41st edition
Place: MIAC exhibition area - Location Ronchi Timetable:
From: 02 September To: 11 September
Description: 35,000 square meters of exhibition area, 500 stands and 150 uncovered exhibition areas. Entrance fee.
National Brown Fair - 18th edition
Place: Piazza Galimberti, Via Roma, Piazza Virginio, Piazza Europa Timetable: _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136-bbbad5cf58d_3.00am-1390-3905 -3905-at 10.00am 136bad5cf58d_
From: 14 October To: 16 October
Description: enogastronomic and artistic handicraft review
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The XVIII edition will take place from 16 to 20 November, on the theme Ricreazione.
The event was born in 1999 with the title Festa Europea degli Autori .
Since 2003 it has taken on the title Scrittorincittà and in 2015 it reached about 35,000 spectators.
The festival includes literary meetings, conventions, conferences, debates, workshops and shows, linked to a different theme for each edition, in which an average of 150 guests participate each year, including writers, journalists, coordinators and publishers, of national and international fame.
The appointments, divided into five days of duration, are partly dedicated to an adult public and partly to children and young people and take place in various places in the city.
Inside the main office (the Provincial Meeting Center) there is also a Children's Space, and a library with the works of the guests of the edition.
Each edition is supported by volunteers, from 16 years old, who collaborate with the organization in managing the various meetings.
Mountain Festival
Place: vari spaces Orario:
From: 24 November 2016 Al: 27 November
Description: Cuneo, capital of its valleys, of the mountains that make it full of charm.
“Equilibri” is the title chosen for the Festival last year, 2015.
Balances, those that every day, those who live in the mountains must keep, to overcome the difficulties in accessing basic services. Balance of mountaineers, climbers, hikers, in the continuous challenge with the force of gravity. Balances that institutions and businesses must keep in the use of natural resources, which have the natural basin in the mountains.