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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Piedmont | |
| Altitude | 534 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 119.88 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 55.939 (30-11-2013) | |
| Name inhabitants | Cuneo | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0171 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 12100 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Archangel Michael | |
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Wedge is a city of Piedmont.
To know
The city of Cuneo, founded in 1198, is located on a wedge-shaped plateau, located at the confluence of the Stura river and the Gesso torrent.
Geographical notes
Cuneo borders: Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Beinette, Centallo, Vignolo, Tarantasca, Peveragno.
How to orient yourself
Cuneo: full screen map.The city center is characterized by a checkerboard layout, along the median axis via Roma-corso Nizza.The city is divided into historical subdivisions, which are:
- Historic Court Area: area between Corso Kennedy, Piazza Torino, Corso Papa Giovanni XXIII, Corso Garibaldi, Corso Soleri; inside there are the remains of an ancient structure prior to 1800, which gravitate mainly around the central axis of Via Roma, and the stays between 1800 and 1900, found upstream of Via Roma and gravitating around Piazza Galimberti; this area is more commonly known as the historic center.
- Central Historical - Environmental Area: area between Corso Soleri, Corso Garibaldi, Corso Marconi, Corso Solaro, Lungo Stura XXIV Maggio, Corso Giolitti, Corso Carlo Brunet; inside it shows the stays between 1900 and 1950.
- Modernist area: remaining area of the plateau and the hamlets, whose stays refer to the post-1950 period, excluding the Historical - Environmental portions of historical - documentary value inserted in the most recent fabric or otherwise qualified in relation to the urban and architectural characteristics of the environmental context , also including the tree-lined avenues, in particular viale Angeli, the Gesso and Stura River Park and the City Gates.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Cuneo-Levaldigi Airport (IATA: CUF) (19.6 km from Cuneo). L'Cuneo airport it is connected to the city by aerobus; national and international flights depart from here, whose timetable can be consulted online.
- Turin Caselle International Airport, Str. San Maurizio 12 (Caselle Torinese), ☎ 39 011 5676361, fax: 39 011 5676420.
- Milan Malpensa Airport, ☎ 39 02 232323.
- Genoa Airport "C. Colombo", ☎ 39 010 60151.
- Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Nice), ☎ 33 4 89889828.
By car
From Italy:
- A21 Turin-Piacenza (Asti Est exit), then A33 Asti-Cuneo (Sant'Albano Stura exit).
- A6 Turin-Savona, continuation on A33 Asti-Cuneo (exit Sant'Albano Stura).
- A33 Asti-Cuneo (Cuneo exit).
From France:
- Colle dell'Agnello (2,748 m - always closed in the winter months) which leads to the Varaita Valley and leads to Saluzzo
- Colle della Maddalena (1,996 m).
- Colle della Lombarda (2,351 m - always closed in the winter months).
- Colle di Tenda Tunnel (1,300 m).
Once in the city, it is preferable to use the following head parking lots:
- 2 Parking Sports facilities, Via Porta Mondovì.
free. 500 seats available, panoramic lift to the city center. - 3 Piazza Boves underground parking, Corso Guglielmo Marconi. for a fee. 200 places available.
- 4 Piazzale Porta Mondovì parking, Piazzale Porta Mondovì. free. 90 places available.
- 5 Piazzale Vecchia Stazione parking, Viale Vecchia Stazione. free. 85 places available.
- 6 Piazzale Italgas parking, North ring road. free. 95 places available.
- 7 Parking Descent of the gas, Descent of the Gas. free. 60 places available.
- 8 Urban cemetery parking, Via del Fontanone. free. 200 seats available, free shuttle to the city center.
- 9 Parking Bellavista Descent, Bellavista descent. free. 185 seats available, free shuttle to the city center.
- 10 Ex Heliport Parking, Lungostura John Fitzgerald Kennedy. free. 168 places available.
- 11 East-West parking, Constitution Square. free. 315 places available.
free. 500 seats available, panoramic lift to the city center.Cuneo cannot be reached by ship, except with integrated journeys: air ship, train ship, bus ship, car ship.
On the train
The city has two railway stations:
- Cuneo station: Cuneo station is the main railway station of the city of Cuneo. It is located in Piazzale della Libertà, west of the town; was inaugurated on November 7, 1937.
- Cuneo Gesso station: Cuneo Gesso station is the secondary railway station of the city of Cuneo. It is located east of the town, at a lower level than the Cuneo plateau; it was, until 1937, the first and only station in the city.
The Cuneo-Limone Piemonte-Ventimiglia line allows you to reach Cuneo from both Liguria and France, while the Cuneo-Turin line allows you to reach Cuneo from the regional capital.
By bus
Cuneo is connected with the localities of the province and with other provincial capitals through numerous lines of buses, managed by companies belonging to the consortium Grandabus.
How to get around
By public transport
The city is served by an efficient public transport system, such as buses, shuttles, lifts, managed by the consortium Grandabus, which allows, with numerous races and lines, to reach the various areas of the city and hamlets.
The Free Bus Area is active in the city center, an area where you can enjoy free public transport by bus. Along the central axis, from Piazza Torino to Piazza Costituzione, and along Corso Giolitti it is possible to get on and off the buses that pass along this route without presenting any ticket; the stops and buses are marked with special panels (if you get on or off at stops outside the Free Bus Area, you must show your ticket or season ticket).
By taxi
Moving around the city is also possible through the use of the taxi service (rates), by calling 39 0171 692113.
What see
- 1 San Francesco Monumental Complex and Civic Museum, Via Santa Maria n ° 10 (Near piazza Virginio), ☎ 39 0171 634 175, fax: 39 0171 661 37, @[email protected]. Full: € 2.00; Reduced: € 1.50.
Tue, Thu-Fri, Sun and holidays 15: 00-18: 00; Sat 10: 30-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 00. - 2 Galimberti House Museum, Piazza Galimberti n ° 6 (2nd floor) (In piazza Galimberti), ☎ 39 0171 693 344, 39 0171 444 815, @[email protected]. Admissions: Sat, Sun and holidays 15:30 and 17:00; Mon-Fri by reservation.
- 3 Diocesan Museum of San Sebastiano, Contrada Mondovì n ° 15, ☎ 39 0171 67725, @[email protected]. Full: € 5; reduced: € 3 - € 1. Fri 15: 00-19: 00; Sat and Sun 10: 00-19: 00.
- 4 Railway museum, Piazzale della Libertà n ° 10, ☎ 39 0171 690458, @[email protected].
- 5 Galimberti square (Piazza Duccio Galimberti), Galimberti square, ☎ 39 0171 690 217 (Touristic office), fax: 39 0171 602 773, @[email protected].
- 6 Civic Tower, Via Roma n ° 19 (In front of the Town Hall), ☎ 39 0171 690 217 (Touristic office), fax: 39 0171 602 773, @[email protected]. Full: € 2.00; Reduced: € 1.50. Variables.
- 7 Via Roma, Via Roma, ☎ 39 0171 690 217 (Touristic office), fax: 39 0171 602 773, @[email protected]. Main street (pedestrian) of the historic center, flanked by medieval and Renaissance buildings with facades in their ancient splendor and characteristic low arcades.
Tue, Thu-Fri, Sun and holidays 15: 00-18: 00; Sat 10: 30-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 00.Events and parties
- 12 Degustibus, Nice course, ☎ 39 339 6505277, 39 335 5392494, fax: 39 0171 601 427, @[email protected]. Second weekend of May - Friday: 12.00-24.00; Saturday: 10.00-24.00; Sunday: 10.00-23.00.
- 13 Feast of the Madonna del Carmine, Old Town, ☎ 39 0171 480 612, fax: 39 0171 601 427, @[email protected]. Month of July (Procession: second Monday of July).
- 14 Fausto Coppi, Galimberti square, ☎ 39 0171 693 258, 39 0171 697 456, fax: 39 0171 324 622, @[email protected]. Variables. Second Sunday in July: 9.00.
- 15 Great Summer Fair (GFE), Area M.I.A.C. (Ronchi fraction) (A33 Asti-Cuneo - Exit 'Cuneo Centro'), ☎ 39 0172 742 079, 39 0172 742 099, fax: 39 0172 743 775, @[email protected]. Full: € 6.50; Reduced: € 5; Free: under 11. From the end of August to the beginning of September - Weekdays: 17.00-24.00; Saturday and Sunday: 10.00-24.00; last Sunday 10.00-21.00.
- 16 National Brown Fair, Old Town (In the city center), ☎ 39 0171 690 217, fax: 39 0171 602 773, @[email protected]. Third weekend of October - Thursday: 17.00-23.00; Friday and Saturday: 10.00-23.00; Sunday: 10.00-21.00.
- 17 I am a man of the world (Gathering Men of the World), Galimberti square, ☎ 39 0171 698 388, 39 0171 693 258, fax: 39 0171 698 388, 39 0171 693 258, @[email protected]. Third Sunday of October.
- 18 Stracôni, Galimberti square (In the city center and in the River Park), @[email protected]. 5.00 €. Second weekend of November - Sunday: 9.00.
- 19 Writer in the city, Corso Dante n ° 41 - Various places (Headquarters: Meeting Center of the Province of Cuneo), ☎ 39 0171 444 822, fax: 39 0171 444 825, @[email protected]. Variables. Third weekend of November.
What to do
Shopping
Not being tempted by some clothes or other objects in Cuneo is practically impossible: walking through the arcades of the city you will come across many shops with well-set up shop windows.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Cristal, Via della Magnina, 3 / A, ☎ 39 0171 412623, fax: 39 0171 426985, @[email protected]. Single 59.00 / 100.00 €, Double 69.00 / 120.00 €.
- 2 Cuneo Hotel, Via Vittorio Amedeo II, 2, ☎ 39 0171 681960, @[email protected]. Single 60.00 / 80.00 €, Double 80.00 / 120.00 €.
- 3 Flame, Via Antonio Meucci, 36, ☎ 39 0171 66652, fax: 39 0171 66651, @[email protected]. Single € 75.00, Double € 95.00.
- 4 Ligurian, Via Savigliano, 11, ☎ 39 0171 634545, fax: 39 0171 634545, @[email protected]. Single 55.00 / 65.00 €, Double 70.00 / 85.00 €.
- 5 Lovera Palace, via Roma, 37, ☎ 39 0171 690420, fax: 39 0171 603435, @[email protected]. Double 125.00 / 220.00 €.
- 6 Prince, Galimberti Square, 5, ☎ 39 0171 693355, fax: 39 0171 67562, @[email protected]. Single € 80.00 / 135.00, Double € 105.00 / 200.00.
- 7 Royal Superga, Via Pascal, 3, ☎ 39 0171 693223, fax: 39 0171 699101, @[email protected]. Single 62.00 / 99.00 €, Double 89.00 / 149.00 €.
- 8 Torrismondi, Via Michele Coppino, 33, ☎ 39 0171 443200, fax: 39 0171 443267, @[email protected]. Single € 50.00 / 80.00, Double € 68.00 / 103.00.
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Excursions can be made to the Gesso and Stura river parks.
