Pinerolo Collection

Floor plans Pinerolo Charleroi Ratzeburg Print top left
Floor plans of Pinerolo, Charleroi and Ratzeburg, Print top left: Pag. 71, maps of cities, Pinerolo, Charleroi, Ratzeburg, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1693, paper, etching, h 174 mm × w 305 mm

Italy, Pinerolo, Museo Storico dell Arma di Cavalleria, Genoa Cavalry Charge of Custoza, 1866
Italy, 19th century, Third War of Independence - Charge of the Genoa Cavalry in Custoza, 24th June 1866. Painting by Giuseppe Gabani (1846-1899). Detail

Italian Peasant Women
Italian peasant women of Pinerolo, in traditional costume, preparing to take their basket paniers of apples to market. Note the straw saddle on their horse. Date: 1930s

Italian troops in front line trenches, WW1
Italian troops from Pinerolo, Brigade XIII Corps, in front line trenches during the First World War. Date: 1918

Italian Peasant Wedding
An peasant bride and groom in traditional wedding dress, Pinerolo, Italy

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Amidst the gentle rain of Pinerolo, Italy, the historic Museo Storico dell'Arma di Cavalleria in Charleroi, Ratzeburg, transports us back in time. Witness the grandeur of the Genoa Cavalry Charge of Custoza in 1866, a pivotal moment in Italian military history. Yet, life continued beyond the battlefield. Peasant women, their vibrant attire a stark contrast against the monochrome trenches of World War 1, tended to their daily chores. And in the midst of it all, the simple yet heartfelt joy of an Italian peasant wedding, a beacon of hope and resilience, unfolded.