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The region is divided into three main vineyard areas; the upper valley, Valdigne, the central valley (locally Valle centrale in Italian, Vallée centrale in French) and the lower valley, (locally Bassa valle in Italian, Basse vallée in French). To the south is the winemaking region of Piedmont. The Valle d'Aosta is Italy's smallest winemaking ...
The façade was entirely restored: on the ground floor there are five doors, the main one has a circular arch surmounting a thick portal, with a wrought-iron lunette; [1] on the first floor there are three wrought-iron balconies, with slight lintels, having a stone gallery and corbels and some rinceaus. [1]
The Garfagnana (Italian: [ɡarfaɲˈɲaːna]) is a historical and geographical region of central Italy, today part of the province of Lucca, in Tuscany.It is the upper valley or basin of the river Serchio, and thus lies between the main ridge of the Northern Apennines to the north-east and the Alpi Apuane to the west.
De Stefani was appointed by Mussolini as Italy's minister of treasury in December 1922 when Vincenzo Tangorra suddenly died. [3] He was a liberal economist and a former stalwart leader in the Centre Party [clarification needed] [4] who favoured policies such as free-trade, tax cuts without too much government interference, and privatisation of businesses such as the communications industry. [5]
The Bionaz Valley. The valley was for a long period a site of exchange—or of conflict—with the neighbouring Valais.. In the Middle Ages the valley was a possession of the lords of Quart, which they granted to the noble family of the district known as La Tour-de-Valpelline (or La-Tour-des-Prés).
Gressoney-La-Trinité (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛsɔnɛ la tʁinite]; Gressoney Walser: Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or Creschnau Drifaltigkeit; Arpitan: Gressonèy-La-Trinità) is a town or commune and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa in the Val de Gressoney, which is part of the Aosta Valley region of Northwest Italy.
Yields for the DOCG wines are further restricted to a maximum of 8 tonnes/ha. While the ageing requirements are the same as the DOC, the minimum alcohol level for the DOCG wine is 12%. [23] The best-known villages for red wines are: Grumello, Sassella, Inferno, Valgella, and Maroggia. The village names are normally indicated on the label.
Map of the South Tyrolean wine zones. South Tyrol (called in Italian Alto Adige) is an autonomous province located in northeast Italy producing wine. This Austro-Italian wine region is noted for the distinct Austrian influences on the wine industry, due to the region's long history under the rule of Austria-Hungary and Holy Roman Empires.