Valter Pippinato

St. Besse: memories and legends

Valter Pippinato has spent his holidays in Campiglia since his youth. This long relationship made him be acquainted with the Valley, its legends, and the books on the valley. He explains the numerous changes that the feast underwnet in the past decades and the way the vigil of the feast is lived.  

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Geographic information

Country: IT

Region: Piemonte

City: Valprato Soana

District: TO

Suburb: Campiglia

Altitude: 2019m s.l.m.

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Valter Pippinato

Date of birth: 04-23-1953
City: Torino
School: Junior High or Middle School
Profession: Employee
Languages: Italiano

References

Bibliography:

Farina F. (1909), Valle Soana. Guida storico-descrittiva illustrata, Ivrea, L. Garda, 131 pp. (ristampa anastatica Cuorgnè, Corsac, 1989 (Orco reprints, 4)).

Farina F. (1929), Valle Soana. Guida storica-descrittiva illustrata, seconda edizione, corredata di 57 vedute e di uno schizzo cartografico, Torino, Tip. F. Mittone, 127 pp., 1 fig., 8 tav.
 
Hertz R. (1913=1994), Saint Besse. Étude d’un culte alpestre, in “Revue de l’histoire des religions”, LXVII, pp. 115-180; trad it. in R. Hertz, La preminenza della destra e altri saggi, a cura di A. Prosperi, Torino, Einaudi, pp. 165-216.
 
Reis M. (2006), Il mistero di Besso: tra Cogne e Campiglia le radici di un popolo, Milano, Lampi di Stampa. 

Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino
Video by: Luca Percivalle (con la collaborazione di Gianpaolo Fassino)
Created: 09-08-2012

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