Una delle chiese di maggior interesse di Bra, città cuneese nota per la sua gustosissima salsiccia e per l'evento gastronomico "Cheese", è la Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli.
Duchi, principi e re della Casa Savoia hanno lasciato in Piemonte un grande patrimonio fatto di residenze, castelli, palazzi ed edifici pubblici da valore architettonico e storico importante. Fa parte di questa eredità anche la Tenuta Reale di Pollenzo nel comune di Bra.
Pollenzo, antico borgo di origine romana, fu sede di contea del patrizio visconteo Antonio Porro che qui nel 1386 fece costruire un castello difensivo trasformato in breve tempo in residenza feudale dei marchesi di Romagnano.
Nel 1800 fu scelta da Carlo Alberto come luogo di villeggiatura che qui creò una vera e propria azienda agraria con vigneti, cascine, riserva di caccia, cantine ed un'agenzia volta alla sperimentazione di tecniche per migliorare la redditività delle attività agricole.
Il suo intervento trasformò il borgo medioevale inserendo elementi di caratteri neogotici particolarmente evidenziati nell'edificio dell'Agenzia della Tenuta Reale di Pollenzo, costruito di fianco al castello e di fronte alla piazza della Chiesa di San Vittore.
La struttura realizzata secondo il modello "a corte interna" presenta due torrette circolari sul prospetto principale decorate da un cammino di ronda su caditoie e merlatura.
Alla fine degli anni novanta con la nascita del progetto Slow Food la tenuta viene restaurata e l'Agenzia della Tenuta Reale di Pollenzo diventa la sede dell’Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche, di una struttura alberghiera, un ristorante e nelle storiche cantine, inoltre, della Banca del Vino, realizzata per costruire la “memoria storica” del vino italiano.
Agenzia in the Pollenzo Real Estate - Bra
Dukes, princes and kings of the Savoy family left a great heritage in Piedmont made up of residences, castles, palaces and public buildings of important architectural and historical value. The Pollenzo Real Estate in the municipality of Bra is also part of this heritage.
Pollenzo, an ancient village with Roman origin, was the county seat of the Visconti patrician Antonio Porro who built here in 1386 a defensive castle that was quickly transformed into the feudal residence of the Marquis of Romagnano.
In 1800 it was chosen by Carlo Alberto as a holiday resort where he created an agricultural company with vineyards, farmhouses, a hunting reserve, cellars and an agency aimed at experimenting techniques to improve the profitability of agricultural activities.
His intervention transformed the medieval village by inserting elements of neo-Gothic characters particularly highlighted in the building of the Agenzia in the Pollenzo Real Estate, built next to the castle and facing the square of the Church of San Vittore.
The structure built according to the "internal courtyard" model has two circular little towers on the main façade decorated by a walkway on trapdoors and battlements.
At the end of the nineties with the birth of the Slow Food project the estate was restored and the Agenzia in the Pollenzo Real Estate became the headquarters of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, of a hotel, a restaurant and, in the historic cellars, moreover, of the Banca del Vino, designed to build the "historical memory" of the Italian wine.
Dukes, princes and kings of the Savoy family left a great heritage in Piedmont made up of residences, castles, palaces and public buildings of important architectural and historical value. The Pollenzo Real Estate in the municipality of Bra is also part of this heritage.
Pollenzo, an ancient village with Roman origin, was the county seat of the Visconti patrician Antonio Porro who built here in 1386 a defensive castle that was quickly transformed into the feudal residence of the Marquis of Romagnano.
In 1800 it was chosen by Carlo Alberto as a holiday resort where he created an agricultural company with vineyards, farmhouses, a hunting reserve, cellars and an agency aimed at experimenting techniques to improve the profitability of agricultural activities.
His intervention transformed the medieval village by inserting elements of neo-Gothic characters particularly highlighted in the building of the Agenzia in the Pollenzo Real Estate, built next to the castle and facing the square of the Church of San Vittore.
The structure built according to the "internal courtyard" model has two circular little towers on the main façade decorated by a walkway on trapdoors and battlements.
At the end of the nineties with the birth of the Slow Food project the estate was restored and the Agenzia in the Pollenzo Real Estate became the headquarters of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, of a hotel, a restaurant and, in the historic cellars, moreover, of the Banca del Vino, designed to build the "historical memory" of the Italian wine.
