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POLLENZO

Church of San Vittore

Arrive in Pollenzo the first day of winter.
really is not the first time that I spend here. But usually, I like many people, step on the roads that surround this small town directly to other destinations, especially to Alba and the Langhe .

Not today.
face today despite the cold I stopped to Pollenzo.
I begin to walk the streets and discover a little jewel town of Piedmont.





While I'm walking while I discover that the country is full of signs (thankfully) that tell the origins of Pollenzo, born on the ruins of the ancient Roman settlement of Pollentia (name of good omen).

The Romans arrived here in the second century BC, and chose this place because it was along the river Tanaro that the Romans sailed up the Po

Continuing my walk I make a most interesting discovery of the day : the amphitheater, or rather what is left of it. Here is
success around the eighteenth century houses have taken the place of the building in Rome, but retain their souls, even today, the remains of the walls of the amphitheater, gardens in the backyards are elliptical in the center and the houses around them following the old plant.
Tourism in Piedmont also reserve these surprises, you suddenly find yourself walking in the middle of a Roman amphitheater.

The cold then she begun to be felt when I enter a large open space in which red dominates on a gray day like this.
It 's the heart of Pollenzo.
What amazes me is that a small country like this has a square of this size.

born before me in the castle nel 1386 e divenuto poi una delle residenze dei Savoia. Come recita una targa sulla piazza il castello nel 1997 è entrato a far parte della lista dei beni patrimonio dell'umanità dell'Unesco .
Alla mia sinistra la chiesa di San Vittore fatta costruire da Carlo Alberto in stile gotico nel 1843.
Alla mia destra, invece domina  la corte dei Savoia adesso sede della prestigiosa " Università di Scienze Gastronomiche ", creata da Slowfood ha reso Pollenzo famosa in tutto il mondo.

Una curiosità, il penultimo re d'Italia, Vittorio Emanuele III, quando abdicò a favore del figlio Umberto II prese il titolo di conte Pollenzo.

My visit to Pollenzo ends here, now the cold is really annoying, but I'm glad I saw this little pearl of tourism in Piedmont that is often ignored by tourists who pass by direct centers much more popular.