Bra, Piedmont
Bra | |
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| Comune di Bra | |
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  Bra Location of Bra in Italy  Bra Bra (Piedmont) | |
| Coordinates: 44°42′N 7°51′E / 44.700°N 7.850°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Province of Cuneo (CN) |
| Frazioni | Bandito, Borgo Nuovo, Case Del Bosco, Castelletto, Chiossa, Falchetto, Grione, Matrotti, Monta' Della Radice, Piumati, Pollenzo, Quinto Bianco, Riva, Rivo, Ronchi, Sabecco Superiore, San Maurizio, Sant'Agnese, Scatoleri, Tetti Bona, Tetti Milanesi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giovanni Fogliato |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59.53 km2 (22.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 285 m (935 ft) |
| Population (1-1-2021) | |
| • Total | 29,466 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Braidese(i) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 12042 |
| Dialing code | 0172 |
| Patron saint | Madonna dei Fiori |
| Saint day | 8 September |
| Website | Official website |
Bra (Italian: [ˈbra], Piedmontese: [ˈbrɑ]) is a town and comune in the province of Cuneo in the northwest Italian region of Piedmont. It is situated 50 kilometres (31 miles) southeast of Turin and 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Cuneo in the area known as Roero.
Bra is the birthplace of the feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero, politician Emma Bonino, and of the activist Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement and of the world's first University of Gastronomic Sciences, whose main campus is located within Bra's municipal boundaries at Pollenzo. Bra is also home to "Cheese", a biennial international festival organised by Slow Food which features the makers of artisanal cheeses from around the world. In 1997 the event attracted some 150,000 visitors.[1]
Among the structures in town is the intricately domed church of Santa Chiara by the late-Baroque architect, Bernardo Antonio Vittone and the church of St. Andrew, the facade of which was designed by the architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, although not completed until two centuries later.[2]
The town is famous for its gastronomy and the production of Bra sausage a veal sausage originally made for the Jewish inhabitants of neighbouring Cherasco. It is usually eaten raw.[3]
Twin towns
Spreitenbach, Switzerland
Weil der Stadt, Germany
San Sosti, Italy
Corral de Bustos, Argentina
Notes
- ^ Phoebe Natanson, ‘Italy's Biannual Cheese Orgy’, ABC News, 1 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.museodiffusocuneese.it/, Accessed 27 November 2019
- ^ Commune de Bra
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