Roero
Sign in to saveRoero (; ) is a geographical area in the north-east corner of the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, north-west Italy. This hilly region is known for its wines and for its fruit production: particularly the peaches of Canale and the local variety of pear known as Madernassa which originated in the late eighteenth century in Vezza d'Alba. Strawberries are also grown.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Roero
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Traditional region
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Colline del Roero (Piemonte, Italia).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Summer on the hills of Roero
- Settlement.image_shield
- Stemma roero.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Roero.jpeg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Italy
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Colline del Roero (Piemonte, Italia).jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (iii)(v)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1390rev
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 2014
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The name comes from the Roero family of bankers and traders, who were prominent in the political life of Asti and its environs, and who dominated this area for a number of centuries during the Middle Ages.
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