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Ceva Railway Station
Ceva railway station ( it, Stazione di Ceva) is the railway station serving the ''comune'' of Ceva, in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. It is the junction Junction may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Junction'' (film), a 2012 American film * Jjunction, a 2002 Indian film * Junction (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille * Junction (EP), by Basement Jaxx, 2002 * Junction (manga), or ''Hot ... of the Turin–Fossano–Savona railway, Turin–Savona and Ceva–Ormea railway, Ceva–Ormea railways. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), while the train services are operated by Trenitalia. Both companies are subsidiaries of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. History The station was opened on 28 September 1874, upon the inauguration of the track from Ceva to Savona of the Turin–Savona railway. The line Bra–Ceva railway, Bra–Ceva closed in 1994. Passenger services on the line to Ormea suspended from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceva
Ceva, the ancient Ceba, is a small Italian town in the province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, east of Cuneo. It lies on the right bank of the Tanaro on a wedge of land between that river and the Cevetta stream. History In the pre-Roman period the territory around Ceva was inhabited by the branch of the mountain Ligures known as Epanterii. The upper Val Tanaro was Romanized in the second century BC and it is known that the area was organized around a '' municipium''. However, it is not certain that this was Ceba: Mombasiglio is also regarded as a candidate. In the first century AD Columella referred to a particular breed of cattle raised here, and Pliny the Elder praised its sheep's milk cheese in his '' Natural History''. The town is on the site of the old Roman road from Augusta Taurinorum via Pollentia to the coast and it is probable that there was a market here from which the cheese produced in the region was exported with Rome via the Ligurian ports of Vada Sabatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
