Cuneo takes its name from its shape: in Italian “Cuneo” means wedge. It’s delimitated by two rivers: Gesso and Stura. This town has a troubled history. Until the 19th century the heart of the town was Via Roma, enclosed inside the mighty walls. When the Napoleon troops arrived, the walls were destroyed and the new town developed. You will have the possibility to admire the beautiful noble palaces' facades in Via Roma and to walk over Piazza Galimberti. This square was named after Tancredi “Duccio” Galimberti, who gave a speech from his balcony on the 26th of July 1943 to invite people to rebel against the Nazi invasion: this led to the creation of many group of partisans in the valleys around Cuneo. You could take a break to Arione Café, where Hemingway stopped to taste the meringues and the cuneesi, the typical chocolates of Cuneo made by a rhum-flavored meringue.
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