Thursday, 7 August 2014
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.6 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, i.e., ad pedem montium, meaning “at the foot of the mountains. Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monviso, where the Po rises, and Monte Rosa. Source
