Surprise!

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Hello everybody! I inform you that today I’m not going to post my usual new adventure… I have not forgotten it, I’m just arranging a surprise! Aren’t you curious? Well, these days follow me on the social networks using the hashtag #almuseoconvaldesina and let’s meet again here on Sunday, June 19th, right?! I’ll wait for […]

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Valdesina goes on holiday – Garzigliana

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Hello there! Today I took a little day trip and I moved away (but not that much!) from my beloved Waldensian Valleys to visit the ruins of Mombrone, a little hamlet known today as Montebruno, in the municipality of Garzigliana (Torino). On this hill you can still see the medieval remains of the noble feudatories’ […]

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Cooking with Valdesina: “frichioulin” of flowers

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Hello! Today (finally!) we roll out a series of articles that I’ve desired so long to show you… Since I feel like I’m a little ambassador of Waldensian Valleys, I thought that maybe you’d like to discover some of the traditional meals and dishes from these places, in addition to history, legends and habits of […]

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Forte Santa Maria – Torre Pellice

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Hello! Today I want to take you to a special place, since this place – even though many facts of the past happened here – in fact is not an open site ’cause it is located on a private property; I received permission to go there and now I’ll tell you everything I know about […]

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Legend: the savage of the Guichard – Comba dei Carbonieri

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Hi there! The legend I’m going to tell you today is set in Guichard valley, a secondary combe in Pellice valley, ascending to Bobbio Pellice, today known as Carbonier valley. Rumour has it that once upon a time, in the middle of the Berna wood, in Guichard valley, lived a sort of hermit, short and […]

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How is the Waldensian bonnet made? – special

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Hi there! Today I’d like to make you a very special Easter surprise… so I’m about to tell you how bonnets of the Waldensian costume are made! It’s the most peculiar element of the traditional costume, and there are very few people who still know the procedure to create one… I met Mrs. Piera from […]

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How is the Waldensian costume made? – special

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Hi guys, nice to see you again! As you know, in a few days it will be February 17th and, as usual, this year as well in the Waldensian Valleys the anniversary of the granting of civil rights through the Letters Patent, which took place in 1848, will be celebrated. Since I already told you […]

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Temple of Coppieri – Torre Pellice

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Hi guys! Today we are at Coppieri of Torre Pellice, a village upstream of the town center, in order to learn something about the history of the Waldensian temple that stands here. Already in 1594 the Waldensian residents of this area could officiate their worship, since they had agreed with the inhabitants of Torre Pellice […]

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Angrogna, San Lorenzo: The warlock dog

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Hello! Today I’m gonna tell you the ancient story of a prank gone bad… We are in Angrogna (Pellice Valley), in the county town of San Lorenzo, where once a couple of good friends used to live. One night one of them, coming back from the friend’s house, took the road that would pass (and […]

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Special – The Waldensian Valleys

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Hi there!!! We are at our last date together for this 2015… Time goes by very fast, doesn’t it?! D’you remember the first time we met in the summer of two years ago? Today I will not take you around for any adventure, but I’d like to talk to you a little bit about the […]

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