The art in Piedmont

The Piedmont offers the visitor a wealth of works of art (castles, palaces, churches, abbeys ...). In this region the most flourishing period of art is the Baroque, in which art is strongly influenced by the rise of the Savoy court.
Today, the Piedmont, and especially its capital, Turin Represents an important landmark in the Italian and international contemporary art scene.

The Piedmont is home to monuments that are part of the world's' UNESCO:

• Of Savoy residences, eleven are in Turin and province, the other four in the province of Cuneo . Since 1997, Unesco.
• The Sacred Mountains of Piedmont are seven of Oropa Of Varallo Of Building Of Orta S. Julius, of Ghiffa of Domodossola and Valperga Canavese. Since 2003, Unesco.