Ridge Line
Friday 31 July 2026 – Palazzo delle Feste
Across the Atlantic with Vittorio Meano and Beneath the Alps with the people of Biella: two epic feats of Italian ingenuity from the 19th and 20th centuries
5.30 pm – Vittorio Meano from Gravere, Architect of the New World: a fascinating account by Daniel Martinez, journalist for the BBC and ESPN
6.30 pm – Historians Danilo Craveia and Anna Bosazza discuss the pivotal role played by engineers and labourers from Biella in the Fréjus railway tunnel
Saturday 1 August 2026 – Palazzo delle Feste
Land of Champions, Sport and Alpine Feats
5.30 pm – Stefania Belmondo – I Learnt to Win (Graphot Editrice)
6.30 pm – Paolo De Chiesa and Sergio Barducci – I Skimmed the Sky (Edizioni Minerva)
Discussions moderated by Daniel Martinez, BBC and ESPN journalist
Saturday 2 August 2026 – Palazzo delle Feste
Origins, Territory and Alpine Communities
5.30 pm – Franco Faggiani – Escartons, the Free Communities of the Occitan Valleys (Fusta Editore); Andrea Dematteis – The Betrayed Valley (Fusta Editore)
Moderator: Antonella Filippi
Free admission
piazza Valle Stretta, 4, Bardonecchia