Pinot Gallizio (1902-1964), a complex man with a contradictory personality, is – also thanks to its pure albese origins – an artist capable of sudden and violent passions. After having studied herbalism and pharmacy, he later showed an interest in anthropology, ethnography, archaeology. On September 29th, 1955, the Danish Asger Jom, Pinot Gallizio founded in… [Continue Reading]
Medieval Art: Macrino d’Alba
October 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Alba was native land of a painter, whose life was mysterious: Macrino d’ Alba, whose real name is Gian Giacomo Fava, lived between the fifteenth and sixteenth century. In its works the influence of the Lombardic school is obvious, above all of the Pinturicchio and the great Luca Signorelli (of which he was perhaps disciple)…. [Continue Reading]
A Documentary About Langhe and Warehouses
February 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A few months ago, while I was aimlessly surfing along the waves of the Net, I came a cross an apparently very interesting trailer, which I would like to share with you. It’s a documentary, called “Langhe DOC – Storie di Eretici nell’Italia dei Capannoni” (Langhe DOC – stories of heretics in the Italy of… [Continue Reading]
In Giorgio Bocca memory
December 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It is with great commotion that I want to share this text with you. A testimony of the strong bond between Giorgio Bocca and our Hills, a bond born at the time of the War of Resistance and strenghtened during the following years. The text is a preface to a photography book that, sadly, I’ve… [Continue Reading]
Antonio Adriano
April 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
He was born in Magliano Alfieri (S. Antonio) in 1944, to a farming family. He lived his entire brief life in the beautiful ancestral home built by his grandfather a century ago, from whom he took his name. Taking his secondary school diploma from the Civico Istituto Magistrale “Elvio Pertinace” of Alba, he went on… [Continue Reading]
Goodbye, Pietrin
April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The days in Alba and the Langa area are filled with grief and mourning over the sudden loss of Pietro Ferrero, Chief Executive ofFERRERO, the Alba confectionery business of worldwide fame. Often one would meet him walking down via Maestra in Alba and enjoy the exchange of a hello and a smile. And it was… [Continue Reading]
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