Linea Verde Nomaglio
Rai 1November 2026 55 min
Nomaglio and its chestnut festival
Nomaglio’s chestnut festival, the old mill of the chestnut ecomuseum, centuries-old chestnut woods and mule tracks up to the mountain pastures.
The Canavese on TV
Places, festivals and flavours of the Canavese as told by Italian TV
Linea Verde, Geo and other programmes of RAI, Italy’s public broadcaster, have visited the Canavese: chestnuts and mountain pastures, lakes and castles, wines and crafts. Here are the episodes you can watch again on RaiPlay, with the area to visit afterwards.
Videos open on RaiPlay and are in Italian. Some can only be watched from Italy and may be removed when rights expire.
Geo Serra di Ivrea
Rai 3September 2026 32 min
The extraordinary moraine ridge of Ivrea
Twenty kilometres of ridge as straight as a ruler, left by the Dora Baltea glacier: the largest moraine of its kind in Europe, with its woods and flavours.
Radici d’Italia Ronco Canavese
April 2026 45 min
Ronco Canavese
An episode devoted to Ronco Canavese in the Soana valley: the village, its community and its roots, away from the best-known destinations.
Linea Verde Discovery Lago di Viverone
Rai 1June 2025 23 min
The lakes of Viverone and Bertignano
On a journey through Piedmont’s “green network”, a stop at the lakes of Viverone and Bertignano and their history linked to electricity.
Il Borgo dei Borghi Agliè
Rai 3February 2025 2 min
Agliè at the “Borgo dei Borghi” 2025
The village on the ruins of Roman Alladium: cobbled streets, the villa of poet Guido Gozzano, Erbaluce vine pergolas and the Ducal Castle, a UNESCO royal residence.
Origini Ivrea
December 2024 31 min
Between Biella and Ivrea, in Piedmont’s UNESCO heart
From the glaciers that carved the morainic amphitheatre to Adriano Olivetti’s Ivrea, a UNESCO industrial city, and the Programma 101, the first personal computer.
Camper Lago di Viverone
Rai 1July 2024 4 min
The submerged village of Lake Viverone
Beneath Lake Viverone lies a Bronze Age village: the UNESCO pile dwellings told in a few minutes.
Geo Canavese
Rai 3February 2024 28 min
A walk through the Canavese
Ivrea and its Carnival, the stoves of Castellamonte, the copper forges of Cuorgnè, old saddleries and the terraced “heroic” vineyards along the Dora Baltea.
Geo Valchiusella
Rai 3November 2023 20 min
The shepherds of Valchiusella
Steep pastures, mountain huts with no roads and fast-changing weather: the people who still choose a shepherd’s life in Valchiusella.
Geo Canavese
Rai 3November 2022 16 min
Toma cheese and Erbaluce wine
Erbaluce, named after the colour its grapes take on in autumn, and the mountain pastures of toma cheese, where each cheese bears its maker’s name.
Linea Verde Canavese
Rai 1April 2022 55 min
Easter in the Canavese
Agliè Castle, Castellamonte’s ceramics and stoves, Erbaluce wine and toma cheese, piattella beans and potato salami, and Valchiusella with animals from the Andes.
Geo Lago di Viverone
Rai 3May 2019 6 min
Lake Viverone and its migratory birds
The glacier-born lake on the pilgrim routes to Rome: at the end of winter naturalist Francesco Petretti watches waterbirds ready to migrate.
Geo · FAI, Tesori d’Italia Caravino
Rai 3May 2018 6 min
Masino Castle
Masino Castle in Caravino, a FAI property, in the series on Italy’s treasures.
Sereno Variabile Canavese
Rai 2March 2014 50 min
The Canavese with Osvaldo Bevilacqua
San Giorgio Canavese and its farming museum, Castellamonte’s stove kilns, Agliè Castle, the Gran Paradiso and potato salami, with Geraldina the donkey.
Frequently asked questions
Which RAI programmes have featured the Canavese?
Linea Verde and Linea Verde Discovery on Rai 1, Geo on Rai 3, plus Radici d’Italia, Origini, Camper, Il Borgo dei Borghi and Sereno Variabile: 14 episodes from 2014 to 2026, available on RaiPlay.
When did Linea Verde visit Nomaglio?
On 1 November 2026 on Rai 1, at Nomaglio’s chestnut festival, with the old mill of the chestnut ecomuseum, centuries-old chestnut woods and mountain pastures.
Can I watch the episodes from abroad?
Episodes open on RaiPlay and are in Italian. Some can only be watched from Italy and stay online only while rights last.