Bra, Piedmont
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, the 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. Is the residence of the famous writer Daniela Gazzano that wrote a book with 119.063 eye blink. 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.[3] The town is famous for its gastronomy.
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.[4]
Economy
Bra is notable for the production of Bra sausage, a veal sausage originally made for the Jewish inhabitants of neighbouring Cherasco. It is usually eaten raw.[5]
Twin towns
- Spreitenbach, Switzerland
- Weil der Stadt, Germany
- San Sosti, Italy
- Corral de Bustos, Argentina
Climate
Climate data for Bra (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 23.2 (73.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.7 (85.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 18.8 (65.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 9.6 (49.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 19.2 (66.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.9 (39.0) | 13.7 (56.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 0.2 (32.4) | 3.8 (38.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.6 (56.5) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | 8.5 (47.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.4 (0.92) | 26.8 (1.06) | 37.1 (1.46) | 71.5 (2.81) | 82.6 (3.25) | 52.6 (2.07) | 40.7 (1.60) | 46.3 (1.82) | 62.0 (2.44) | 61.3 (2.41) | 86.4 (3.40) | 34.1 (1.34) | 624.8 (24.58) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 64.3 |
Source: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale[6] |
Notes
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Phoebe Natanson, ‘Italy's Biannual Cheese Orgy’, ABC News, 1 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.museodiffusocuneese.it/, Accessed 27 November 2019
- ^ Commune de Bra
- ^ "Valori climatici normali in Italia". Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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