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Inhabitants:
1833
Altitude:
488
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Up the narrow Malanaggio gorge, San Germano winds
along the right mountain side of the Chisone river,
which was connected to the national road by means
of an only-one-arch bridge in 1839. This village,
which Is located In the area where the valley widens
out, by the Risagliardo stream mouth, takes Its
name from Bishop Auxerre, who lived In the 5th century.
Not to forget, the nineteenth-century Waldensian
temple In the centre of the village, Villa Widemann,
(seat of the municipal offices), surrounded by a
terrific park, the Waldensian museum, the “Verdeacqua”
park, the catholic churches and the alpine garden
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 Beux
Riccardo
Beux Riccardo renovates and reconstructs furniture using
ancient materials; customized designs available. The studio
was started by his father In 1964 and Beux Riccardo has
been running it for twenty years now. The style Is the
traditional valley one, the wood used Is the one of the
surrounding woods: larches, pines, firs, conifers. Beux
systematically collects old boards to manufacture Its
creations. In the picture: farmstyle form out of larch.
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 Saras
del Fen
This word comes from “seirass”, which In Latin
means “made out of whey”. In fact the Saras
is a traditional ricotta cheese known all over Piedmont,
that Is produced In these valleys through a very special
process. It Is obtained heating up the whey from vaccine,
ovine and caprine milk. According to the traditional production,
which Is carried out In the Germanasca and Chisone valleys,
a certain amount of milk shall be added to the whey and
then the cheese shall undergo a 25-30 day maturing. Finally
these ovate or Irregularly cylindrical cheeses are wrapped
In mountain pasture hay, their typical and unmistakable
coating. Such practice Is very old and probably originated
from the need to protect the cheeses during the transportation
to the valley and not to make them aromatic. The delicate
and tasty Saras Is usually eaten at the end of a meal,
as a dessert together with blueberry or elderberry jam
or honey, but can also be used to prepare delicious recipes.
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