Triora#Francesco Moraldo from Creppo

The town is an elite member of {{lang|it|I Borghi più belli d'Italia|italics=no}}, a list of the top 100 most beautiful medieval citadels in Italy. It also has been awarded a {{lang|it|Touring Club Italiano Bandiera arancione|italics=no}}, 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. 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.

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John of Triora, a Franciscan missionary martyr in China, was born near Triora in 1760.{{cite web |url=https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/blessed-john-of-triora.html |title=Blessed John of Triora |website=www.roman-catholic-saints.com |access-date=February 13, 2021}}

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During all the period of the German occupation and of the Italian Social Republic, 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 France of the Italian banker Angelo Donati who had taken the children under his protection in July 1942 when their parents had been deported from Nice to Auschwitz.

When Donati had to take refuge in Switzerland 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 Yad Vashem Institute of Jerusalem awarded Francesco Moraldo the title of Righteous Among the Nations.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.

Triora is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|France}} La Brigue, France (2006)

• Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Liguri

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• [http://www.comune.triora.im.it Official website]
• [http://www.triora.org/index2.html Triora.org]

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Category:Cities and towns in Liguria

Category:Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust

Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia