The Rocciaglie – Angrogna

17 July 2015

Hi there! Today we are back in high Valley of Angrogna, in Pellice Valley, ‘cause I really want to show you this wonderful mountain landscape. We are at Rocciaglie, a barricade of rocks rising from the river Angrogna up to the Turle, which represented in the past a barricade for Waldensian people who were trying […]

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Legend: The dog of Prassuit – Angrogna

5 December 2014

Hello guys, welcome back! Today we are in a suburb of Angrogna, in Pellice Valley, formerly known as “Preisuch”, which is nowadays known as “Prassuit”, a name that means “dry meadow” because in the whole area there are no water sources (which once made irrigating fields impossible!). …this story, however, talks about something else, and […]

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Rouchalha – Angrogna

10 October 2014

Hello! Today we are in Angrogna, in the Rouchalha hamlet, and we’re here for a tale about fairies… A family of fairies had settled here, to live in these rocks and graze their livestock at night. They were quite shy and when they had to deal with humans they used to dress up as old […]

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Legend: The treasure of Pradeltorno – Angrogna

25 August 2014

  Hello everybody! Nice to see you again! Today we are back in Pradeltorno, in the municipality of Angrogna (Turin), ‘cause this village is famous not only for its peculiar Waldensian temple and for the school of “Barba” (of medieval orgin), but also due to some famous legends about an extraordinary treasure hidden right here. […]

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Arvura – Angrogna

20 June 2014

Hello! Today I’m back in Angrogna (Pellice Valley) and, to be more precise, I am in Arvura; I’m going to tell you something that happened here and that is halfway between history and legend. We have to make a leap into the past and to go back in 1686, a dark period for these Valleys […]

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The splitter, Bealera Peyrota – Angrogna

23 May 2014

Hello guys! After a few time, today we are back on the banks of the Bealera Peyrota, and we’re going to discover its path, from the Angrogna creek to the Pellice stream. D’you remember? A few time ago we spent some time at the Rocha Pisoira (I told you about its funny name, didn’t I?) […]

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Lou Couént – Angrogna

28 March 2014

Hi there! Today we are in a beautiful panoramic area overlooking the village of Angrogna, in Pellice Valley, which is known as “lou Couént ” (i.e.: “the Convent”) . This place got its name from an old building that once stood here (and that is now completely destroyed), which used to host the monks involved […]

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The temple of Pradeltorno – Angrogna

21 February 2014

Hi guys! Today we are back in Angrogna Valley, more precisely in Pradeltorno, an important site of Waldensian history. I’m gonna tell you the history of its temple, which was built in 1876, and which is located on the rock that gives its name to the village, overlooking the town from above. …actually, have you […]

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Barma Mounastira – Angrogna

31 January 2014

Hi everybody! Today we are in high Angrogna Valley, and I want to take you to a really special place: today we are at Barma Mounastira (also known as Barma Monastir). First of all, let me explain (to those who don’t know it) what a “barma” is: this term, probably derived from the Ligurian word […]

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The Rocha Pisoira, Bealera Peyrota – Angrogna

17 January 2014

Good morning kids! Today we’ll go on in our walk to the discovery of Bealera Peyrota… We’ve been there once some time ago, d’you remember? Well, today we are at the second stage of our walk. We are now at Rocha Pisoira. Do you get what its name means? Literally it means “the peeing rock”… […]

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