Triora () is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

province of Imperia The province of Imperia (; ; ) is a mountainous and hilly Provinces of Italy, province in the Liguria region of Italy, situated between France to the north and the west, and the Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Its capi ...

in the

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region

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, located about southwest of

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and about northwest of

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, on the border with

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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 416 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Triora contains the ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bregalla, Cetta, Creppo, Goina, Loreto, Monesi, Realdo, Verdeggia, and Saccarello. Triora borders the following municipalities: Briga Alta, Castelvittorio,

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(France), Mendatica,

Molini di Triora Molini di Triora () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northwest of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 741 and an area of .All d ...

, Montegrosso Pian Latte, Pigna and

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(France). It is one of

I Borghi più belli d'Italia () is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the a ...

("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Culture

The town is an elite member of , a list of the top 100 most beautiful medieval citadels in Italy. It also has been awarded a , a similarly prestigious achievement recognizing the best places for tourists to enjoy. Triora was the site of the last witch trials held in Italy, during the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

. As such it has been selected as the location of a series of folklore- and horror-themed events and festivals in recent years. It has three annual festivals: a summer witchcraft festival, in August; and two autumn celebrations: the mushroom festival in September; and Halloween, at the end of October. Then there are the many smaller fairs of the year, including the Christmas bonfire on 24 December; St. John of the Meadows, the local patron saint's day, on 23 June; a chestnut fair in October; an All Souls Day fair, at the start of November; and a series of Easter parades, before, during and after Holy Week, each Spring.

Demographic evolution

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John of Triora

John of Triora, a Franciscan missionary martyr in China, was born near Triora in 1760.

Francesco Moraldo from Creppo

During all the period of the German occupation and of the

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, in the village of Creppo Francesco Moraldo (born Creppo, 30 December 1906 – 28 April 2001) hid in his house and protected from deportation two German Jewish orphans, nine and eleven years old. Moraldo had been a butler in

of the Italian banker Angelo Donati who had taken the children under his protection in July 1942 when their parents had been deported from

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. When Donati had to take refuge in

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after the Armistice of 8 September 1943, Moraldo took the children with him to his home village. The whole population of the village, informed of the situation, helped actively with their protection, despite the danger due to fights and frequent Germans roundups in the area. For this commitment to solidarity on 11 February 1999, the

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Institute of

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awarded Francesco Moraldo the title of

Righteous Among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( ) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various reasons, made an effort to assist victims, mostly Jews, who were being persecuted and exterminated by Nazi Germany, Fascist Romania, Fascist Italy, ...

.Israel Gutman, Bracha Rivlin e Liliana Picciotto, ''I giusti d'Italia: i non ebrei che salvarono gli ebrei, 1943-45'' (Mondadori: Milano 2006), pp. 170–1.

Twin towns — sister cities

Triora is twinned with: *

, France (2006)

Notes

References

External links

Official website

{{authority control Cities and towns in Liguria Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust Borghi più belli d'Italia