The Big Bench and the colours of Piedmont They are giant benches, coloured in a way that recalls the territory in which you can find them. They are over two and half meters high, and they are placed in different panoramic points throughout Piedmont. Conceived by the American designer Chris Bangle, they allow adults to feel like children again, and they also allow for an amazing view of an extraordinary territory; they represent the perfect synthesis of the happy relationship between humanity, art and nature. ty, at the time illiterate, would meet to hear books being read out loud. Today, Fontanafredda can boast having embraced organic farming, coining the term Green Renaissance to describe a path started in 2015. In addition to Barolo, Moscato is also produced here, a wine that has its roots in the peasant history of the territory, as told by a poem by Cesare Pavese in “The Moon and the Bonfires.” To not succumb to fatigue after many hours of work, the farmworkers brought a snack with them, called “la sinòira,” which included a refreshing and light wine, precisely the Moscato wine. Another site that cannot be missed is a trip to the elegant town of Canelli and to its Underground Cathedrals which represent a secular yet spiritual landscape that touches the soul. A UNESCO heritage site, they are called the Underground Cathedrals for their grandeur: they are immense and winding cellars, carved directly into the tuff rock of the hills between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The four cathedrals, headed by the noble families of remarkable wines - Bosca, Contratto, Coppo, Gancia – are caverns of light, shadows, of sacred silence, of walls of exposed brick, of majestic vaults, of aromas, of industrious work, of the art of making, but also of meetings to learn about the magic of wine. 37
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