Il Piemonte NON È Mai Esistito: la storia segreta | Alessandro Barbero

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Did you know that Piedmont as we know it today never really existed? Alessandro Barbero debunks one of the most deeply rooted myths of Italian history and reveals how an "invented" region ended up creating Italy.

Lecture held in 2020 at the Cisterna d'Asti Castle, organized by the Polo Cittattiva per l'Astigiano e l'Albese in collaboration with the Museo Arti e Mestieri di un Tempo. In this fascinating lecture, Barbero traces the history of the Piedmont region—from the Gallic and Ligurian peoples of antiquity to the Risorgimento—demonstrating that regional identity is a modern construct, the fruit of centuries of fragmentation, conquests, and political unification.

📚 TOPICS COVERED:

🔹 THE ORIGINS OF THE TERRITORY:
• Pre-Roman peoples: Gauls, Ligurians, and Celts between the Alps and Ticino
• Romanization and territorial organization
• The Early Middle Ages: fragmentation and Lombard dominions
• The original meaning of the word "Piedmont"

🔹 A MOSAIC OF RIVAL STATES:
• The Marquisate of Monferrato and its history
• The lands under the Republic of Genoa and the Duchy of Milan
• Conflicting municipalities, lordships, and local potentates
• Why Piedmont was a patchwork of heterogeneous territories

🔹 THE RISE OF THE SAVOYS:
• From counts of an Alpine valley to rulers of a state
• Expansionist policy and the annexation of territories
• The administrative centralization that shaped Piedmontese identity
• The relationship between the dynasty and the populations Local

🔹 PIEDMONT AND THE RISORGIMENTO:
• The decisive role in building a united Italy
• Cavour, diplomacy, and the wars of independence
• Public debt and social tensions
• How an "artificial" region became the driving force of unification

🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
• Why today's Piedmont is a relatively recent invention
• How the Savoy transformed diverse territories into a single state
• The historical meaning of the word "Piedmont" and its evolution
• Why current regional borders have only existed since 1948
• The role of medieval fragmentation in the formation of identity
• How Piedmont went from an Alpine periphery to the center of the Risorgimento

📹 Conference: "History of Piedmont" — Cisterna d'Asti, 2020
🎙️ Alessandro Barbero — City Center for the Asti and Alba Areas
🏛️ Museum of Arts and Professions of the Past — Cisterna d'Asti

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