#piemonte

[sayitaliano]

Valerio Minato's photo that won the Astronomy Picture of the Day Contest by NASA on December 25th, 2023.

In the picture: the moon, the Monviso Mount and the Basilica of Superga (on the Superga hill) outside Turin are all aligned. it took him 6 years to take this shot (and I take it as an example to never give up on your dreams).

[wgm-beautiful-world]

PORTA DEL MELOGRANO - TORINO, PIEMONTE, ITALIA

[rivieiraa]

ig @ rivieiraa

[surroundingw]

FROM : lifeisshort1999  - Driving thru Mountains in Limone Piemonte, Italy

[umanosiitalianopiuomeno]

«Noiàutri i bogioma nen da sì»

Ft France and Piedmont, from the battle of Assietta ;)

In 1747, French and Piedmontese troops clashed during the wars of Austrian Succession at the town of Assietta in the Alps. The Piedmontese troops were advised to surrender before any conflict started, as they were outnumbered by the french at a 1:10 ratio. But the Commandant, Paolo Federico Novarina, said the famous line of "Noiàutri i bogioma nen da sì" or "We are not budging from here" in English, and the Piedmontese won the battle.

This ended up becoming a regional stereotype for the Piedmontese, Bogia nen or just "don't budge" was supposed to represent their stubbornness. Bogianen eventually became a noun used as a way to refer to Piedmontese Infantries in the Italian army, and whenever they were about to get hit by their enemy's attack their general would always go «Bogé nen, neh!» (Don't budge, eh!)

"Bogia nen" is the most morphologically correct way to say it when it comes to the Piedmontese dialect, but many Italians have also seen the version "Bugia nen". The reason it exists is nothing more than a misspelling born from writing the words down way too phonetically. The letter O in Piedmontese, when it isn't accented, sounds the same way italian pronounces the letter U. Because of those similarities, Bogia nen is often written as Bugia nen.

Although there is one more correct than the other, pretty much everyone knows what you're talking about no matter which version you use

[sveva90]

Easter somewhere in Northern Italy..

Castello di San Giorgio Canavese 🤩

[maureen2musings]

briciole_turchine

[vixwritesagain]

I’m looking with both of my eyes 👁️🫦👁️