The 22nd postcard received was sent from CASTELLINALDO!
WHERE IS CASTELLINALDO?
Castellinaldo is a village of around 900 inhabitants in the region of Piedmont, in the Northern part of Italy. Piedmont is one of
the 20 regions of Italy. Its capital is Turin. Piedmont is in Italy's
northwest and borders Switzerland and France. It is the second largest of
Italy's 20 regions, after Sicily.
PIEDMONT, the region in which Castellinaldo is located, IS FAMOUS FOR...
...being one of the great winegrowing regions in Italy.
... being home to the FIAT automobile works, to Olivetti
and to the Ferrero's chocolate factories!
... hosting the XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino in
2006
PLACES TO VISIT
The Egyptian Museum
The Shroud of Torino, one of the most precious relics
in Christianity
Mole Antonelliana the National Cinema Museum
Lake Maggiore, a large
lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest lake in
Italy and the largest in southern Switzerland.
If you want to discover more about this breathtaking
region, check our next post!
L'Italia è cosi bella!
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