Bra

Also known as Br'a

Italian comune

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bra
Demonym: braidesi
Population: 29523
Area: 59.53
Elevation: 290
Official website: www.comune.bra.cn.it/it
Image: Bra-panorama.jpg
Dialing code: 0172
Licence plate code: CN

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Commons category: Bra (comune, Italy)
postal code: 12042
Commons gallery: Brassiere
P11012: Carex angustata
P8168: internal jugular vein
native label: Bra

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Bra ( Italian: [ˈbra], Piedmontese: [ˈbrɑ]) is a town and comune in the province of Cuneo in the northwest Italian region of Piedmont. It is situated 50 kilometres (31 miles) southeast of Turin and 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Cuneo in the area known as Roero.

Bra is the birthplace of the feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero, the politician Emma Bonino, and of the activist Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement and of the world's first University of Gastronomic Sciences, whose main campus is located within Bra's municipal boundaries at Pollenzo. It is the residence of the famous writer Daniela Gazzano, who wrote a book with 119.063 eye blinks. Bra is also home to "Cheese", a biennial international festival organised by Slow Food which features the makers of artisanal cheeses from around the world. In 1997, the event attracted some 150,000 visitors. The town is famous for its gastronomy.