Hi there! Today’s walk might seem a bit macabre, but you should not think so, because we are in a very important place for Waldenses’ history and identity: we are at the Jallà’s Cemetery, in Luserna San Giovanni (To). You are probably wondering why I decided to take you in a cemetery … Here, […]

Hi guys! Today I want to enter the woods of Rorà, in Pellice Valley, to go and search for a place which name is directly connected to a historical event that seems to have happened here. I really would like to see the place where the bandit Giosuè Gianavello succeeded in cheating the enemy troops with […]

Above Prali, in Val Germanasca, you can see a nice hamlet: Indiritti. The story tells us that here, once, an old lady and her two daughters–in–law lived together. Because the husbands of the young women were often abroad for work reasons, the three women were obliged to stay home together. The problem is that these […]

Ciao a tutti! Oggi parliamo un po’ di storia e in particolare di San Germano e del suo Tempio. A partire dal Quattrocento in questo paesino si era molto diffuso il culto valdese ma, come accadde anche in Val Pellice, anche qui i valdesi subirono molte persecuzioni. Dopo la Pace di Cavour nel 1561, però, […]

Hello! I really hope you liked the previous story about the Waldensian costume, ’cause today I want to tell you something about another important element of Waldensian tradition and clothes; you may have noticed that many people wear a characteristic pendant, called “Huguenot cross”. What is it? It takes its name from the French Protestants, […]

Hello, my friends! Nice to see you again! Today I am very happy, ’cause I’m gonna tell you something special. Next Sunday, in fact, will be Palm Sunday and for tradition Waldensian boys and girls will receive Baptism or Confirmation. Very often in Waldensian tradition children are not baptized when they are infant, but they […]

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 […]

Hi all! Maybe I’ve already recounted you about Prarostino, but a tiny review is always good: today we’re going right here, in a small hill town with 1200 inhabitant in the province of Torino, at the confluence between Chisone and Pellice valleys. Historical documents tell us that Waldesians lived in this area since early 16th […]

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 […]

Good morning, my friends! Today’s walk is gonna be very special: for the first time since we started our adventures together, we are in a place where… history has yet to happen! Yes, kids… you got it right… Today we are at Stallè hamlet, between the towns of Angrogna and Luserna San Giovanni in Pellice […]