Piedmont

A map of Italy in 1796

Italian region Piedmont is situated within northwest Italy. The bulk of the data below pertains to Turin, though we have documented interaction between this and lesser-known municipalities, and interaction with other neighboring regions. The locations listed below all appear within our data. The construction "______ (Cuneo)" indicates that a city/town/commune is situated within the province of Cuneo, which is itself situated within the region Piedmont. Likewise with "______ (Alessandria)", which reflects a municipality's being situated within the province of Alessandria. There are further cities/towns/communes within region Piedmont. The field data featured below reflect our responsiveness to modern aero-pertinence.

Piedmont was a springboard for Italian unification in 1859–1861, following earlier unsuccessful wars against the Austrian Empire in 1820–1821, 1848–1849. The House of Savoy became Kings of Italy, and Turin briefly became the capital of Italy. However, when the Italian capital was moved to Florence, and then to Rome, the administrative and institutional importance of Piedmont was reduced. The only recognition of Piedmont's historical role was that the crown prince of Italy was known as the Prince of Piedmont. After Italian unification, Piedmont was one of the most important regions in the first Italian industrialization.

Earlier, in 1796, the Republic of Alba was created as a French client republic in Piedmont. A new client republic, the Piedmontese Republic, existed between 1798 and 1799 before it was reoccupied by Austrian and Russian troops. In June 1800 a third client republic, the Subalpine Republic, was established in Piedmont. It fell under full French control in 1801 and it was annexed by France in September 1802. In the Congress of Vienna, the Kingdom of Sardinia was restored and furthermore received the Republic of Genoa to strengthen it as a barrier against France.

Names	Piedmont
Designation	Italian region; Italian kingdom
Inside	Italy
Includes	Turin, Savigliano, Novara, Alessandria, Biella, Alba, Novi Ligure, province of Alessandria, Fossano, province of Cuneo, Orbassano, Mondovi, Mondovì
Wikidata id	Q1216

These events were held in Piedmont:

• Turin 1911 International Exhibition (Start date: 1911-04-29, Locations: Turin • Piedmont, Country: IT, Tech focus: All)

These people are connected with Piedmont:

• Enrico Imoda (Occupations: Psychic, Tech areas: Airplane • Photography)
• Rodolfo Verduzio (Occupations: Military, Affiliations: Ansaldo in Genoa • Cantieri Aeronautico Ansaldo in Turin)
• Carlo Navaro (Occupations: Manufacturer, Tech areas: Airplane • Equilibrium • Aerodynamics • Frame • Stability • Control • Piloting • Subsystem • Pendulum • Automatic stability)
• Pietro Fabiani (Occupations: Gentleman • Manufacturer, Tech areas: Projectiles • Military • Bombing • Aiming • Airplane • Stability • Navigation • Dirigibles • LTA)
• Gianni Caproni (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Airplane, Affiliations: Caproni & C. • Ingg. De Agostini & Caproni Aviazione • Societa per lo Sviluppo dell'Aviazione • Federico Caproni)
• Carlo Agnelli (Occupations: Manufacturer, Tech areas: Projectiles • Military • Bombing • Aiming • Airplane • Stability • Navigation • Dirigibles • LTA)
• Vittorio Cordero di Montezzemolo (Occupations: Military officer)
• Ettore Caretta (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Propeller • Materials)
• Franz Miller (Occupations: Engineer • Airplane maker, Tech areas: Airplane • Ornithopter • Helicopter)
• Francesco Darbesio (Occupations: Engineer • Maybe founder, Affiliations: Asteria)
• Carlo Montù (Occupations: Engineer, Affiliations: Aero Club of Italy)
• Attilio Robiola (Occupations: Doctor • Physician, Tech areas: Airship • Control • Aerodynamics • Submarine • Multiplane)
• Jules Carelli (Occupations: Aeronaut • Nobility, Tech areas: LTA, Affiliations: Military academy of Turin)
• Bernard Chauvelot (Tech areas: LTA • Aerostat)
• Alessandro Demorra (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Propulsion)
• Manfredo Ferrero (Occupations: Manufacturer, Tech areas: Flapping • Wings • Propeller • Design)
• Renato Giampietro (Occupations: Student, Tech areas: Wings • Frame • Design • Stability • Lift • Construction • Airplane • Biplane • Elevator)
• Enrico Mottura (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Propulsion)
• Adolfo Pouchain (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Propeller, Affiliations: Stabilimenti “Biak”)

These companies operated in Piedmont:

• AER (Started aero: 1915)
• Ansaldo in Genoa; Cantieri Aeronautico Ansaldo in Turin (Started aero: 1916, Key people: Savoia • Rodolfo Verduzio • Rosatelli)
• Asteria (Started aero: 1909, Key people: Francesco Darbesio • Ing. Origoni)
• Costruzioni Aeronautiche Ing. O. Pomilio & C. (Started aero: 1915, Key people: Ottorino Pomilio • Umberto Savoia)
• FIAT (Started aero: 1908, Key people: Giovanni Agnelli • Umberto Savoia • Ottorino Pomilio)
• Officine Moncenisio (Started aero: 1916)
• Societa Incremento Aviazione (Started aero: 1913)
• Società Italiana Transaerea (Started aero: 1912)
• Società Nazionale delle Officine di Savigliano (Started aero: 1911)

These organizations operated in Piedmont:

• Aero Club Torino (Started aero: 1909, Affiliated with: ArCI)
• Association of Aviators and Aeronauts of Italy
• Società Aeronautica Italiana (Started aero: 1904, Key people: Filippo De Fillippi • Potenziani Prince Lodovico • Guido Castagneris, Affiliated with: FAI • SAI • S.A.I. • Società Italiana di Aviazione • Touring Club Italiano, and the Automobile Club d'Italia. • FAI • Society Aeronautic Italia, Rome Section • SAI Sezione di Roma • Society Aeronautic Italian, Section Turin • SAI Sezione di Torino • Society Aeronautic Italian, Section Milan • Bollettino della Societa Aeronautica Italiana • Revista Tecnica di Aeronautica e Bollettino della Società Aeronautica Italiana)
• Societa Italiana Aviazione (Started aero: 1916)
• Society Aeronautic Italian, Section Turin (Started aero: 1905, Affiliated with: SAI • ACd'I)

Patents whose inventor or applicant filed from Piedmont

• Patent FR-1857-30430 (Inventors: Bernard Chauvelot, English title: Steam aerostatic balloon system, Tech fields: System • Aerostat • Balloon, Filing date: 1857-07-01)
• Patent IT-1907-93144 (Inventors: Giovanni Faseri, English title: Method for application of flight to aerial locomotion)
• Patent GB-1908-1593 (Inventors: Manfredo Ferrero, English title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for aerial navigation, Tech fields: Wings • Propulsion • Frame • Design)
• Patent IT-1908-98775 (Inventors: Vittorio Cordero di Montezzemolo, Filing date: 1908-11-07)
• Patent AT-1910-58874 (Inventors: Attilio Robiola, English title: Aircraft or watercraft (submarine, in the case of the latter), Tech fields: Airship • Control • Aerodynamics • Submarine, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1909-11-30 Attilio Robiola, Filing date: 1910-11-29)
• Patent GB-1910-27876 (Inventors: Attilio Robiola, English title: Improved Controlling Device applicable to Air-ships and Submarine Boats, Tech fields: Airship • Control • Aerodynamics • Submarine, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1909-11-30 Attilio Robiola, Filing date: 1910-11-30)
• Patent HU-1911-59471 (Inventors: Renato Giampietro, English title: Airplane, Tech fields: Whole • Airplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1910-112937, Filing date: 1911-02-07)
• Patent GB-1911-3340 (Inventors: Renato Giampietro, English title: Improvements in aeroplanes, Tech fields: Airplane • Whole • Biplane • Stability • Rudder • Elevator • Piloting • Navigation • Design, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1910-112937, Filing date: 1911-02-09)
• Patent GB-1911-20728 (Inventors: Enrico Mottura • Alessandro Demorra, English title: Improvements in Lifting or Propelling Devices, Tech fields: Propulsion, Filing date: 1911-09-19)
• Patent BE-1914-263519 (Inventors: Attilio Robiola, English title: Device for actuating on water or in the air, by means of an ordinary steering wheel and servo-motors, one or more series of planes, Tech fields: Airship • Control • Aerodynamics • Submarine, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1909-11-30 Attilio Robiola, Filing date: 1914-01-03)
• Patent GB-1914-3692 (Inventors: Italo Sartori • Pietro Fabiani • Carlo Agnelli, English title: Improvements in the Construction of Aeroplanes, Tech fields: Airplane • Control, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1913-02-13, Filing date: 1914-02-12)
• Patent IT-1915-151101 (Inventors: Manlio Ginocchio, English title: Stabilizer for self-propelled or pulled bodies in any fluid, Tech fields: Fluid • Stability, Filing date: 1915-10-29)
• Patent GB-1917-129353 (Inventors: Adolfo Pouchain, English title: Improvement in aircraft propellers, Tech fields: Aerial propellers, Filing date: 1917-10-29)
• Patent GB-1918-124710 (Inventors: Ettore Caretta, English title: Hollow Girders, Tech fields: Airplane • Construction • Metal • Frame, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1918-03-25 Ettore Caretta, Filing date: 1918)

Publications referring to Piedmont

• Publication 1222, 1884, Ballon captif de Turin (Simple title: Captive balloon of Turin, Journal: La Nature)
• Fonvielle, 1884, Le coup de foudre du captif de Turin (Simple title: The love at first sight of the captive of Turin, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
• Publication 2427, 1898, Le grand ballon captif de l'exposition de Turin (Simple title: The big captive balloon of the Turin exhibition, Journal: L'Aérophile)
• Turine, 1899, Conferenza del Signor VI de Turine (Simple title: Conference of Mr. VI de Turine, Journal: L'Aeronauta)
• Publication 3412, 1906, Del regime dei venti sopra Torino (Simple title: Of the wind regime above Turin, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Publication 4184, 1907, L'esposizione Internazionale Aeronautica di Torino nel 1911 e la Coppa per dirigibili di S. M. il Re d'ltalia (Simple title: The International Aeronautical Exhibition of Turin in 1911 and the Airship Cup of S. M. il Re d'ltalia, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Publication 4505, 1907, La festa aeronautica in Torino (Simple title: The aeronautical festival in Turin, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Publication 851, 1907, L'ascensione del 'Principessa Laetitia' a Torino il 16 febbraio (Simple title: The ascent of the 'Principessa Laetitia' in Turin on February 16th, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Publication 969, 1907, Atti della Sezione Torinese della S. A. I. 1905-1906 (Simple title: Proceedings of the Turin Section of S. A. I. 1905-1906, Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Erminio, 1908, Simpatica dimostrazione della città di Biella per l'ascensione del Verdi del 28 maggio p. p. (Simple title: Nice demonstration of the city of Biella for the ascension of Verdi on 28 May p. p., Journal: Suppl. Sport. Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Erminio, 1908, Un' ascensione del 'Verdi' in Alba il 6 settembre 1908 (Simple title: An ascent of the 'Verdi' in Alba on 6 September 1908, Journal: Suppl. Sport. Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
• Publication 3038, 1909, Conferenze di Aeronautlca tecnica presso 1 Politecnici di Napolio, Milano e Torino (Simple title: Conferences of technical aeronautics at 1 Polytechnic University of Naples, Milan and Turin, Journal: Riv. Techn. Aer. Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital., Anno)
• L. P.-V., 1910, International aeronautical contests at Turin (Simple title: International aeronautical contests at Turin, Journal: Vestnik Vozdukhoplavaniya)
• Publication B2p1000e05, 1911, Four Paris-Turin aviators near finish (Simple title: Four Paris-Turin aviators near finish, Journal: Aero)
• Lecornu, 1911, Les moteurs d'aviation. Procès Verbaux, Rapports & Mémoires, Ve Congres International d'Aéronautique, Turin (Simple title: Aviation engines. Procès Verbaux, Rapports & Mémoires, Ve Congres International d'Aéronautique, Turin, Journal: Techn. Aér.)
• Publication B2p0681e10, 1913, Le grand prix des lacs italiens pour hydroaéroplanes. Une grande épreuve d'internavigation aérienne dans le bassin des lacs de Come, Majeur et de Varèse et sur les fleuves Adda, Pô et Tessin (Simple title: The Italian lake grand prix for hydroaeroplanes. A major aerial navigation event in the basin of lakes Como, Maggiore and Varese, and on the Adda, Po and Tessin rivers, Journal: La Conq. l'Air)