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Turin Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Valentino Castle Valentino Castle http://liviobonino.blogspot.com Turin owns a huge heritage represented by cultural institutions that operate in the most diverse fields of knowledge and are united by a great dynamism. |
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Turin today is a dynamic reality engaged in a modernisation process
unrivalled in Italy. From the city of motor car to a centre of advanced
technology and integrated productive systems, following an original
redevelopment project. Although it is internationally renowned as an
industrial city and a capital of the motor car this, for Turin, is now a
stereotype, an incomplete picture. Today, its image is different, more
diverse: the city is oriented towards the new high-tech Europe, that of
advanced research. Turin has not only been the capital of the Savoy Kingdom; it is also the capital of the motor car industry, of the Alpine peaks and of the cinema: precious collections, testimony to these facts, are housed in some of the most important museums in the city. In the rooms of the National Motor Car Museum (Museo "Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia") it is possible to follow the evolution of the motor car, from the earliest steam-powered vehicles to the modern mass production models, from successful racing cars to the latest products of ecological research. In particular, four projects are worthy examples: the former Lingotto car factory has been converted to a complex with modern services, cultural venues and a hotel; the old steel and iron industrial area is being transformed into Europe's first environmental technological park (Environment Park) occupying an area of 100 hectars: the Turin Polytechnic is being doubled in size to cover 13 hectares, and has benefited from a major injection of funds into its research and training activities; finally, the cityìs railway system is being redeveloped and improved with important "passante" (railway link) works (three lines of 15 km placed underground), thus making a radical transformation in the system for the access into the city, and the mobility around it. Majestic and imposing, the River Po crosses Turin offering to whoever wants to discover the city by taking a ride along th water, a route rich with surprises. The industrial vocation and the image of a city that is dedicated to work and technological innovation, has given a wrong impression of Turin: pushed into the background is the important fact of its peculiar geographical position framed by the Alpine peaks and the hills, its great wealth of parks and gardens, not to mention the unique attribute of the four separate rivers that cross the city - the Po, The Dora, the Stura and the Sangone - an environmental heritage that few cities in the world can boast. Contributors July 04, 2007 change by lpx ________Sights Edit This Valentino Castle Valentino Castle http://liviobonino.blogspot.com Discovering Torino means exploring twenty centuries of history. Walking along its streets is like visiting an open-air museum. Palazzo Carignano, designed by Guarini, was home to the first Italian Parliament. Today it houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. Also by Guarini in the Baroque Piazza Carignano is the Galleria Sabauda and the Egyptian Museum, which, founded in 1824, is the world's oldest and the second most important. It houses more than 30,000 items, including the black granite statue of Ramses II, the tomb of the architect Kha and a large collection of papyruses and objects. In Piazza Castello, Palazzo Madama houses the Art Museum, currently being restored. Opposite is the church of San Lorenzo, and to the right the Royal Palace. Alongside the cathedral is the chapel of the Holy Shroud with the Dome by Guarini. The Holy Shroud has been conserved and periodically displayed here since 1864: an object of pilgrimage revered as Christ's funeral shroud, but also an object of historical and scientific interest. Following the new wing of the Royal Palace, one reaches the Palatine Gates, the entrance to Roman Torino. To the right are the Museum of Antiquity and the Royal Gardens. Going back towards Piazza Castello is the Royal Armoury, with one of the world's most important collections of arms. Behind the State Archive and the Teatro Regio is the area of the Cavallerizza, and in the same direction one can admire the Mole Antonelliana, the symbol of the city. Turin's historical heritage includes the Savoy Residences; buildings of outstanding historical and architectonic interest, some of which offer an unusually lively range of cultural activities and exhibitions, whose interest is not only local. The Savoy residences include all the palaces of Piedmont's royal family, the Savoy dynasty, as well as the castles of the nobility in the countryside around Turin and their town houses in the city centre. Since 1997, this large collection of historic buildings has been recognised as a world Heritage by UNESCO. The buildings in Turin include the Royal Palace, Palazzo Chiablese, the Royal Armoury, the oyal Library, Palazzo Madama, Palazzo Carignano, Villa della Regina and the Valentino Castle. Outside the city there are the castles at Rivoli, Moncalieri, Venaria, Govone, Agliè, Racconigi, the Royal Hunting Lodge at Stupinigi and the country house at Pollenzo. All these residences are open to the public and are home to a variety of cultural events. Some of the buildings are due for radical restoration work; in particular, the Venaria Royal Palace, in which visitors can already see the splendid and recently restored Galleria di Diana (Gallery of the Huntress Diana), will be the object of further renovation work that will restore the whole complex of buildings to its original splendour and allow it to be used as a museum. With courtesy of Sightswww. comune.torino.it Display all or display just: Hotspots Museums Parks & Gardens general Show best rated on top | Show in alphabetical order [Add Sight] Fondazione Camillo Cavour Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Castello Cavour di Santena tel: (39) 011 597373 Castello Reggia di Venaria Reale Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 496272 Galleria Sabauda Edit This Inside the Museo Egizio building, a monumental staircase leads up to the Galleria Sabauda, the picture gallery of the Royal House of Savoy, enriched by subsequent acquisitions and passed over the Italian State in 1860. The important collection is one of the largest in Italy and includes, besides the works of art by Piedmontese and Italian masters (Fra Angelico, Guercino and Paolo Veronese, Andrea Mantegna, Filippo Lippi, Antonio and Pietro Pollaiolo, among others), Italy's most important collection of Flemish and Dutch paintings that includes works by Van Eyck, Memling, Rembrandt more.. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 547440 Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Edit This i Among the Savoy Residences, Rivoli Castle, already part of a grand project started in 1718 by Filippo Juvarra, on behalf of King Vittorio Amedeo II has been, since 1984, home to the Contemporary Art Museum of the same name. The Museum represents one of the cultural "excellences" present in the Turin territory: the majestically restored rooms host many exhibitions of international repute, and are home to a permanent collection of works by Italian and foreign artists, from the 50s to the present day. Every year the exhibition shows a selection of up-and-coming artists on the more.. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] email: info@castellodirivoli.torino.it url: www.castellodirivoli.torino.it tel: (39) 011 9565222 Museo Egizio Edit This In 1824, King Carlo Felice of Savoy purchased the collection of Egyptian antiquities accumulated by Bernardino Drovetti, and thus gave life to the Egyptian Museum, that today is surpassed in importance only by the Museum in Cairo. Twelwe rooms, that are arranged on three floors, house over 30,000 exhibits in a collection that has grown in size and significance over the years. Among the most celebrated exhibits, are the famous black granite statue of Ramses II, which has become the symbol of the museum, the tomb of the architect Kha and his wife Merits, complete with its more.. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.comune.torino.it tel: (39) 011 534623 Museo Nazionale del Cinema Edit This The Turin museum experience, already rich and stimulating as it is, has been completed by a new and important museum: in september 1999, the National Museum of the Cinema has opened in premises worthy of its importance, in the comprehensively restored Mole Antonelliana, that is one of the city's best-known symbols. The museum itself has been divided into three sections: the first devoted to the forerunners of the cinema - the magic lantetrn and the earliest experiments in moving pictures; the second portrays the development of the cinema and its emergence as a world-wide more.. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 8122814 Piazza Castello and Royal Palace (Palazzo Reale) Edit This The porticoes of piazza Castello lead to the Royal palace, the official residence of the Savoy dynasty until 1865. Here visitors can view the Throne Room, the royal apartments and the splendidly architectural Royal Gardens. One wing of the Palace houses the Royal Armoury, set up by King Carlo Alberto of Savoy, that is today one of the most important and comprehensive ollections of weapons in the world. At the centre of Piazza Castello, the unmistakable form of Palazzo Madama stand out, in which the splendid rooms that host the Civic Museum of Antique Art are being restored. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4361455 Borgo e Rocca Medioevale Edit This i_1 photo by: http://liviobonino.blogspot.com type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 6699372 Castello Ducale di Agliè Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 0124 330102 Castello di Racconigi Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 0172 84005 Civic Gallery of Modern Art Edit This In the area of the great tree-lined avenues of Turin the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea GAM) can be found. This is, for the importance and prestige of its collections, the second museum of modern art in Italy, after the National Gallery of Rome. Re-opened in 1993, after being radically restructured, and endowed with an enriched artistic heritage, the Gallery has 5,000 paintings and 400 sculptures as well as a collection of etchings, engravings and drawings from the 18th century to the present day. Its most important more.. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.gam.intesa.it tel: (39) 011 5629911 Palazzo Falletti di Barolo Appartamenti Storici Edit This Address= type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4360311 Giardino Botanico (Botanical Gardens) Edit This The botanical gardens were founded in 1792 as the outcome of a Decree by Vittorio Emanuele II, which transformed the teaching of botanical matters already present at Turin since 1560 into a regular professorship for teaching Botany at the University. Ever since their inception, the Botanical Gardens were where medicinal plants were grown and whose use was finalised to presenting vegetal for the course on Medical Matters. Later on, the gardens also contained spontaneous plants collected in Piedmont and cultivated species obtained through exchanges with similar institutions more.. type: Parks & Gardens World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 933150 Palazzo Cavour Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4324560 Palazzo Cisterna Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 8613421 Museo Civico Pietro Micca e dell'Assedio di Torino del 1706 Edit This The Museum of Pietro Micca and the Siege of Turin in 1706, from which it is possible to gain access to the underground tunnels of the ancient Citadel, is also of rgeat interest. For the lovers of art and sculpture, it is worth a visit to the Accademia Albertina Picture Gallery, that is home to an important collection of works from between the 13th and 18th centuries. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 546317 Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano Edit This Inside the Palazzo Carignano, on the square of the same name, is the appropriately sited National Museum of Risorgimento. This magnificent Baroque palace designed by Guarini in 1679, was first the residence of the Savoy-Carignano royal family,that later became the home of the Subalpine Parliament: thirty rooms on the first floor house a collection illustrating the history of Italy from 1706, the year of Turin's victory over the French army, to 1946. Thanks to a recent restoration project, visitors can now complete their tour of the building in the splendid hall that housed more.. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] address: Piazza Carignano tel: (39) 011 5621147 Museo Martini di Storia dell'Enologia Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 9419217 Museo Storico Nazionale d'Artiglieria Edit This Only open during exhibitions type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 5629223 Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi" Edit This If you prefer Nature to the motor car or the turmoil of city life, Turin offers a visit to the National Museum of the Mountains "Duca degli Abruzzi" fascinating not only for ts enchanting internal layout, but also for its panoramic setting on top of the Monte dei Cappuccini hill. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] email: posta@museomontagna.org. url: www.museomontagna.org tel: (39) 011 6604104 Museo d'Arte e Ammobiliamento Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] address: Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi tel: (39) 011 3581220 Pinacoteca dell'Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti Edit This Address= type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 8177862 Museo Civico di Numismatica Etnografia Arti Orientali Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 541557 Museo della Marionetta Edit This The curiosity of the tourist could, lastly, be satisfied by visiting the Puppet Museum, that houses over 10,000 fascinating exhibits including puppet stage set and curious props from all over the world. The museum was set up in 1979 right next door to the Gianduja Theatre (Gianduja is the symbolic mask of Turin). type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 530238 Museo della Radio e della Televisione Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] address: Centro di Produzione RAI tel: (39) 011 8104455 Museo della Sindone Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4365832 Museo delle Arti Decorative Fondazione Pietro Accorsi Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 8129116 Museo di Antichità Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 5212251 Museo di Antropologia ed Etnografia Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 8122374 Museo di Storia Naturale Don Bosco Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 6601066 Museo della Fotografia Storica e Contemporanea Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] email: fifto@tin.it tel: (39) 011 546594 Museo dell'Automobile Edit This As well as being a source of entertainment modelling is also an highly level exercise in craftsman skills, art and historical research and deserves to have its own place among the cultural activities. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 3118735 Sala Bolaffi Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4324560 Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] email: museo.mrsn@regione.piemonte.it url: www.regione.piemonte.it tel: (39) 011 4323080 Palazzo Bricherasio Edit This The third centre of the Turin museum system dedicated to contemporary art is the Bricherasio foundation, housed in the building of the same name that has been recently restored, which plays a vital role in the organisation of exhibitions and cultural events of international significance. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.bricherasio.intesa.it tel: (39) 011 5171660 Galleria San Filippo Edit This The gallery presents a selection of artists emerging and aims to smooth the way into the art market for young creatives. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.comune.torino.it email: gioart@comune.torino.it tel: (39) 011 4430045 Museo di Antichità Edit This Since 1989, the restructured green-houses in the Royal Gardens have become the home to the Museum of Antiquities, a vast heritage that ranges from prehistoric finds to collections of marble, ceramics and statues of the ancient Greek, Italic and Roman cultures. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 5212251 Museo Storico Nazionale d'Artiglieria Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 5629223 Biblioteca Reale - The Royal Library Edit This In the right wing of the Royal Palace you will find the Royal Library, instituted by King Carlo Alberto in 1837, with the intention of adding to the existing Royal Book collection. The amle frescoed library lined with walnut bookshelves on two levels, conserves priceless volumes including manuscripts, parchments, folios and incunambula, the "Codex of the Birds" by Leonardo da Vinci, and a priceless collection of drawings, including the "Portrait of an Old Man" in sanguine (probably a self-portrait in sanguine by the same artist). The Royal Library is opening its doors to visitors more.. type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] email: TO0263@biblioteche.regione.piemonte.it url: www.regione.piemonte.it tel: (39) 011 543855 Armeria Reale Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 5184358 Associazione Museo Ferroviario Piemontese Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4324241 Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 5625536 H2O Conoscere e Giocare con l'Acqua Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 4645033 Museo Casa del Conte Verde Edit This type: Museums World66 rating: [rate it] tel: (39) 011 9563020 __________History Edit This The Roman Emperor Augustus had Turin built two thousand years ago as a camp for the troops he sent to protect the Roman state’s northern borders. A classic Roman "castrum" with square layout, it remained almost unchanged, complete with its ancient walls, for centuries, both during the domination of the lombards and later the Franks, as well as during the early middle ages when complex institutional dynamics lead to a short period of domination by the Church followed by a period of fragile municipal autonomy prior to the rise and consolidation of control over the city by the Acaja. It was not until the fifteenth century, when the Savoy dukedom achieved the political and administrative unification of Piedmont’s various provinces that Turin, chosen as the Dukedom’s official residence, began to consolidate its importance. Involved in the Franco-Austrian war in the first half of the sixteenth century, the city strengthened its defensive system by constructing a series of angular bastions, a project that continued throughout the long period of occupation by the French (1536-1557). It was Duke Emanuele Filiberto who won back his lands, defeating the French at the Battle of San Quintino. In the subsequent peace treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559 Turin was chosen as the new capital of the Savoy state. While it was Savoy government policy to relaunch Turin’s economic, manufacturing and cultural life and to create a city to match the great capitals of Europe, the Dukedom’s greatest expenditure was on defence and on the strategic reorganisation of the Savoy state. The arch. Francesco Paciotto was called in from Urbino to repair the medieval fort and start work on the construction of the Citadel , a bastion-supported structure with a star-shaped layout, of which the main gate, known as "Il Mastio" (the Keep), still stands. While the Citadel prepared the city to withstand the new techniques of siege warfare, the rest of the modernisation plan remained no more than a prospect, although a few minor attempts were made to clean up the ancient city centre. Indeed Bishop Domenico Della Rovere was unique in calling in an architect from central Italy to build the Cathedral of San Giovanni in 1498, one of Turin’s very few examples of Renaissance architecture. The Duke did not confine his attention to the city itself. Outside its walls he ordered (at the end of the 16th century) the creation of the Royal Park of Viboccone, north east of Turin, a project that involved the construction of buildings and ambitious landscaping. It seems likely, by the way, that the Park was a source of inspiration for the "Gerusalemme liberata" of Torquato Tasso who spent 1578-79 in Turin. Emanuele Filiberto’s town planning and architectural projects only began to be implemented when he was succeeded by Carlo Emanuele I (1580-1630) who appointed the arch. Carlo Castellamonte to create the first, southward extension of the city beyond its ancient walls. We have that early expansion plan to thank, in fact, for Turin’s orderly grid layout of straight streets and austerely linear architecture. One of the most elegant examples of this architectural style is Piazza San Carlo, which was at the heart of Castellamonte’s design. The old city clustered around Piazza Castello began to assume its present appearance as the Savoy state began to erect its residences and offices. The Royal Palace was built on the site of the old Bishop’s Palace. Then the ancient Roman Praetorian Gate, which had been transformed into a castle under the Acaja family, gave way to Palazzo Madama, which was endowed with a facade and ornamental steps designed by Juvarra in 1718. Still in the seventeenth century, it was Guarino Guarini who embellished Piazza Castello with some of its most important buildings: the Church of San Lorenzo and the Cappella della SS. Sindone (the chapel of the Holy Shroud) whose domes enliven the atmosphere of severe elegance conferred on the square by Vittozzi’s design. Architectural evidence of ducal power proliferated in the city. The Town Hall, built in 1659, bore witness to the civic pride that was a counterweight to the power of the State. While these years saw huge changes in layout and architecture, from the social point of view the city had to deal with a number of grave events, like the 1630 outbreak of plague that decimated the population, a tragedy recorded by the survivors in the votive chapel and the commemorative plaques on the wall of via Cardinal Massaia. In the late 17th-early 18th century Turin continued to expand along the lines imposed by dynastic urban planning, and realised by the court architects with the second and third expansion phases. During the same period, however, the city was faced with a lengthy war that culminated in the siege by the French in 1706. It was rescued by the arrival of the allied Austrian army and by the heroic action of Pietro Micca in the tunnels under the Citadel. Filippo Juvarra’s basilica at Superga was erected in 1714-1717 as a mark of gratitude to God for granting the city victory. The Peace of Utrecht in 1713 made Vittorio Amedeo II king of Savoy. In order to rain force his authority has absolute monarch, the new king reorganised the army, the government and the civil service. He also admitted the middle classes to the corridors of power and took action to limit the influence of the aristocracy and clergy over the Kingdom’s economic life. This meant new administrative, political and military functions for which new institutions like a Secretariat of State, a War Office and a Council of State were created and detailed regulations were drafted on the organisation of the Court Archives. New barracks were built as well as new government offices in building that ran from courtyard of the Royal Palace to the Military Academy. The period also brought profound economic changes, introducing new working and apprenticeship systems. Documents in the royal archives paint a clear picture of the regulations governing the city’s trade at the time on the include instructions on trading standards and prices. As an example of the city’s economic revival at the time, we might mention Benedetto Carpano the inventor of vermouth. Throughout the eighteenth century Vittorio Amedeo II and his successors were involved in the reconstruction of every aspect of the city’s life. One particularly important project was education and the reform of a university that dated back to the XVth century. In this century, a new university building was erected on via Po and it was Vittorio Amedeo II himself who engineered the university’s change of status from independent body to organ of State. There are numerous plaques inside the building now occupied by the Faculty Secretariat which commemorate the great scholars who occupied the University’s most prestigious chairs. In both scientific and humanist university teaching and research Turin boasts many figures of eminence: a plaque at Number 29 via lagrange, for example, marks the former home of Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange, one of the 18th century’s greatest mathematicians. Turin was in fact the cultural home of many of the century’s most enlightened reformers and intellectuals: at the corner of Via Alfieri and Piazza San Carlo where Vittorio Alfieri lived for five years and wrote his first tragedies. In 1792 the Kingdom of Sardinia, with Vittorio Amedeo III, declared war on revolutionary France with annexed Piedmont a few years later. The fifteen year exile of the Savoy dynasty and the period of French domination generated a new political order in which the middle classes rose to political and administrative power. However, the union with France proved damaging for the Piedmontese economy. This was also a period of further expansion for the city, triggered by Napoleon’s decision was also a period of further expansion for the city, triggered by Napoleon’s decision to knock down its ancient walls to make it more suitable for modern tactical warfare. It was a decision that was to free the city for further expansion in later years. From that time on, while Turin retained its 18th century grid layout, rigidly programmed town planning became a thing of the past, as we see in the so-called Borgo Nuovo that was developed in 1822-29. Here, the Po enters the urban fabric as the link between the 19th century square dedicated to King Vittorio Emanuele I and the Gran Madre church which was erected as a mark of gratitude for the same King’s restoration in 1814. During the restoration period it became public policy to return the kingdom to its condition prior to the arrival of the French. This involved a return to the constitution of 1770, the abolition of all Napoleonic legislation and the revival of earlier legislation discriminating against non-Catholics. Yet again it was up to the intellectuals of the period to express, in a variety of ways, the discontents of Piedmontese society the political and cultural effects of the restoration. Scholars and scientists of the time like Giovanni Plana, Amedeo Avogadro,Amedeo Peyron , each in his own field, took a keen interest in contemporary politics and the social discontent that was too lead the unsuccessful uprising of 1821. One victim of the repression was Silvio Pellico whose long years in Spielberg prison transformed him from the enthusiastically liberal contributor to the ‘Conciliatore’ news sheet to the introverted writer of Prison Diaries in his Via Barbaroux home. The long hoped-for demand for the modernisation of Piedmont’s political, judicial and economic system was supported by Carlo Alberto. Once a new constitution was granted in 1848 statesmen like Federico Sclopis, luigi Des Ambrois and Ottavio Thaon di Revel helped to draft the new political and institutional arrangements. Piedmont also enjoyed economic growth thanks to the policies of Cavour: the expanding manufacturing system increasingly turned to factory-based industry and capitalist organisation. The promotion of private enterprise also led landowners to engage in an orgy of speculative building works that was only controlled by the imposition of customs boundaries in 1853. As the previous centuries, care for the needs of the poor and the sick was left to the charitable initiative of individuals or the Church. The Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza, established by Giuseppe Cottolengo in 1813, still retains today its original philanthropic aims and still offers disinterested help to the disadvantaged in accordance with the inspiration of its founder. In terms of culture the first half of the 19th century was notable for its interest in the arts. Today we remember the Torinese sculptor Carlo Marocchetti as creator of the equestrian statue known has the lCaval ‘d Bronsl, has beloved a symbol of the city has the Mole Antonelliana. Then there was Antonio Fontanesi, one of Piedmont’s greatest 19th century painters, who created an outstanding course in landscape painting at the Accademia Albertina. The first war of Independence in 1848 brought these cultural and artistic ferment to a temporary halt and his echoed in the anthem by Mameli which was memorably set to music by Novaro who his commemorated on the plaque to be seen ain via XX Settembre. Another famous name from this period of war is that of General Alessandro la Marmora, creator of the Bersaglieri Regiment. After the defeat at Novara and the peace treaty with Austria in 1850, Turin began to play a leading role in Italy’s cultural and political life, an eminence that culminated in 1861 when Turin became the capital of the newly proclaimed United Italy. The new nation’s industrial and commercial requirements made it essential to update the distribution network for raw materials and finished goods. The solution was the railway system, which accelerated both economic growth and the move to the cities. In Turin the main railway station is at Porta Nuova in the heart of the city, a classic example of modern architecture that successfully blends from and function. The architecture of the period was oriented towards experimentation with new materials like glass and iron that allowed for the boldest structural innovations. Alessandro Antonelli, who combined an engineer’s technical expertise with an architect’s imagination, took up the challenge of the new tendencies and proved, with his Mole Antonelliana, that is was possible to use a traditional masonry structure to create buildings of a highly original nature. During this period there were scientific discoveries and developments, especially in the pharmaceutical field, which also contributed significantly to industrial development. Together with Nobel, Ascagno Sobrero invented nitro-glycerine, never dreaming that it would ever be used in war. Indeed the plaque records his achievements in medicine. During this particular phase in Piedmont’s history, in which Turin’s brief period as the new nation’s capital is documented by a flourish of plaques commemorating the leading lights of Italy’s Risorgimento, the birth of Vittorio Emanuele II is marked by the tablet on the facade of Palazzo Carignano, as are the homes of Court Camillo Benso di Cavour and Massimo D’Azeglio and the foundation of the Carabinieri Regiment. The transfer of the capital to Florence caused at temporary halt in the city’s socio-economic, political and cultural development. It was not until the 1880s that the opening of its first great foundries, textile and steel factories triggered a revival and an upsurge in new building. This, in fact, was Turin’s first real industrial boom in variety of fields. The plaques record figures as diverse as Galileo Ferraris, the quintessential industrial scientist, and the ‘Preserve King’ Francesco Cirio who is commemorated by a bizarre liberty style tablet and who introduced the farmers of Italy to ‘new trades, new directions, new markets’. Among educators and especially writers for children we find people who epitomise the Turin tradition such as Edmondo De Amicis and Emilio Salgari. The plaque on the house where the latter lived in ‘heart-rending poverty’ depicts one of the sailing ships that populate his innumerable tales of adventure. One notable who spent a short but intense period in Turin in 1888/89 was Friedrich Nietzsche in one of whose letters we find ‘aristocratic calm’ and ‘a standardised taste that even governs colour’ the scribed as the characteristic features of our city. With the arrival of the twentieth century it becomes increasingly difficult to read story of the changing city through its commemorative plaques. This reflects a transformation in mentality as events come to be seen as mere steps towards future growth. Such memorials that me do find are, moreover, likely to represent a warning not to repeat history, evoking as they do to World Wars, Fascism and the martyrs of Italy’s liberation. The outbreak of World War I was actually a great boon for Turin’s industry, especially its motor manufacturers. Fiat expanded so dramatically that its workforce numbers rose from 4.00 in 1914 to 40.000 in 1918. This indeed were the years in which Fiat built its Lingotto factory complex, one of the greatest achievements of early twentieth century industrial architecture. The war years produced a fierce disagreement between interventionists and anti-interventionists. One of the many engaged in the struggle to defend (as the plaque in the street named after him puts it) national values against foreign domination was Cesare Battisti. Another plaque in the Palazzo Civico preserve in marble the Victory Announcement signed by Armando Diaz, commander of the Italian armed forces. In the early decades of this century Turin nourished a genuine coterie of thinkers and intellectuals. These were the people who laid the theoretical foundation for the nascent trade unions and workers ‘movements’. There was Antonio Gramsci, the founder of the newspapers "Ordine Nuovo" and "l’Unità" whose plaque in Piazza Carlina describes him as "leader for liberty and socialism, who forged the Italian Communist Party". Plaque commemorates Piero Gobetti, a name of ten linked with Gramsci’s, and a man whose short life and literary career was dedicated to opposition to the emerging Fascist movement. The Turin of the period was also, however, the crepuscular city of lyric poets like Guido Gozzano who ‘sang the city of Turin in the loving sweetness of his verse’. Turin was also the home of musicians who made a significant mark. Alfredo Casella, for example, was one of the first in Italy to recognise the need for a revival in instrumental music. An often contradictory symbol of political commitment and existential despair was provided by Cesare Pavese, a man who has come to epitomise Turin in the post-Gobetti period but his also recognise as one of the 20th century’s most important Italian writers. Once the Fascist dictatorship came to power it took action against its opponents, including ‘la Stampa’, the newspaper created by Alfredo Frassati, which was silenced for many years. This were not easy years and there were many victims. Plaque appears in the square that itself commemorates a murderous attack by a band of Fascist thugs on December 18,1922. And at Porta Nuova Station we find a plaque that reminds whose of those who were the ported in sealed trains to the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Turin was one of the most anti-fascist cities in Italy but it was not until war actually broker out that the Resistance movement became properly organised, continuing the struggle up to the moment of liberation. On the first anniversary of that liberation the civic authorities reminded the people of Turin why the city had been given Italy’s most honoured medal: ‘for 19 months it held out against oppression, indifferent to blandishments and threats Alike’. The Second World War left our city in desperate straits, struggling against hunger, poverty, unemployment and the devastating effects of bombing. In the arduous task of reconstruction it was Fiat that directed the economy of the city and transformed it into the working capital of the nation. From the Fifties on, Turin’s engineering industry went from strength to strength, both in the national and the international market. The centenary of Italy’s unification in 1961 offered an opportunity to celebrate the economic boom in the complex now known as Italia 61, which was constructed on the left bank of the River Po and includes such architectural masterpieces as Pier luigi Nervi’s Palazzo del lavoro and the Palazzo a Vela created by Annibale and Giorgio Rigotti. Industrial expansion brought massive immigration from the South and city spread like an oil slick in an utterly unplanned fashion. Wall districts emerged like the Falchera, lucento and le Vallette quarters which might have been self sufficient new towns but remained no more than dormitories for many years. The Seventies were Italy’s Dark Ages of extreme left and right wing subversion and terrorism. After a long period of silence in which nothing of note appeared to have happened a new series of plaques emerged to commemorate the victims of the so-called ‘bullet years’. One of them is dedicated to the State Procurator, Bruno Caccia , ambushed and killed in 1983, a reminder of Turin’s experience of violence at the hands of organised crime. ___________Getting There Edit This by air: "Sandro Pertini" Airport (Caselle Torinese): The Città di Torino Airport (Sandro Pertini), open to commercial and international traffic, is 15 kilometres north north west of the town centre and is connected to the motor-way system via the North ring road. Present modernisation works have placed this air station in the vanguard in Europe and even more reliable and safe, beside increasing its already first class receptivity. The Airport is the natural arrival point for international tourism, especially during the winter season, for connection with the splendid mountain resorts of Piedmont and the Valley of Aosta. A continuous coach service operates at the airport for Turin and vice versa: Info Tel.: +39 011 3000 611 Sadem Airport: Telephone +39 011 56.76.361/2 Telefax +39 011 56.76.420 Ticket office: +39 011 56.76.373 Lost and found luggage: +39 011 56.76.200 Another airport is active North West of town, at Collegno, for private flights and Air Clubs. It is often the venue for amateur flying events. by train: Rail connections with Turin and its stations: FS tel. 147-888088. Information on national trains: Porta Nuova: Turin's central rail station where trains leave from and arrive at all destinations. Its location in the town centre makes it easy to reach by public transport. It faces on the beautiful Piazza Carlo Felice, which central Via Roma starts from. The station houses car rental agencies, a restaurant, news-stands, a Free Shop, cash dispensers, tobacconists and bars. Piazza Carlo Felice/Corso Vittorio Emanuele Telephone +39 011 56.13.333 Main lines for /Milan, Verona, Bolzano and the Brenner Pass in the direction of Austria and Germany / Venice, Trieste, Alessandria, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Reggio Calabria / Bardonecchia-Modane, Paris and France / Cuneo, Savona, Ventimille, towards France / Aosta / Pinerolo, Torre Pellice Porta Susa: The traditional through station for Milan and East and West bound trains in general. Located in Piazza XVIII Dicembre, it allows easy urban, suburban and extra-urban bus line connections. It houses a bar/restaurant, a news-stand, a tobacconist and a cash dispenser. Telephone +39 011 55.85.13 Torino Lingotto: A strategically important station, once only hooked up to goods junctions, it now connects Turin with Southern Italy, particularly the Cuneo area and Liguria. It has been refurbished recently and is complete with all services. It is located in the southern area of town close to Moncalieri and the "Lingotto" Conference Centre. Piazza Pannunzio, 1 Telephone +39 011 66.53.757 Torino Dora: The Cinderella of Turin's rail stations. Located in north-western part of the town, it mostly serves local trains to the Canavese area (TO-CERES), managed by Satti. Piazza General Baldissera Telephone +39 011 22.17.835 by car: Highways Connections: A4 Turin-Milan-Venice A5 Turin-Ivrea-Aosta A6 Turin-Fossano-Ceva-Savona A21 Turin-Asti-Alessandria-Genoa A21 Turin-Asti-Alessandria-Piacenza A32 Turin-Fréjus-(France) Roads: N.10 Padana Inferiore (Turin-Moncalieri-Alessandria-Piacenza- Cremona-Mantua-Monselice) N.11 Padana Superiore (Turin-Chivasso-Vercelli- Milan- Novara-Brescia-Padua-Venice) N.20 Del Colle della Maddalena (Turin-Borgo San Dalmazzo-French border on the hill) N.23 Del Colle di Sestrieres (Turin-Stupinigi-PInerolo- Sestrieres-Cesana) N. 24 Del Monginevro (Turin-Susa-Cesana-Montgenèvre-France) N. 25 Del Moncenisio (Turin-Collegno-Susa-Mont Cénis) N. 26 Della Valle d'Aosta (Turin-Chivasso-Ivrea- Aosta- Small Saint Bernardo) N. 27 Gran San Bernardo (Turin-Aosta-Great Saint Bernard) N. 10 Padana Inferiore verso la Liguria (Turin- Alessandria-Novi Ligure-Genoa) by bus: Coach terminal: Corso Vittorio Emanuele /Corso Inghilterra Telephone: +39 011 43.32.525 (bus n° 9 from Porta Nuova) Sadem: tel. 011 3000611 Main coach lines arriving at and leaving Turin: National: Acqui Terme (Alessandria), Adria (Rovigo), Alassio (Savona), Biella, Brindisi, Cattolica (Ravenna), Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), Cavour (Asti), Cervinia (Aosta), Champoluc (Aosta), Clavière (Turin), Courmayeur (Aosta), Diano Marina (Savona), Ferrara, Finale Ligure (Savona), Laigueglia (Savona), Malpensa Airport (Milan), Milan, Novara, Oulx (Turin), Pila (Aosta), Rimini, Rovigo, Santhià Motor-way turnoff ... and many others. International: Barcelona (Spain), Briançon (France), Lyons (France), London (Great Britain), Madrid (Spain), Montegenèvre (France), Holland ... and many others. Contributors June 30, 2004 change by hpharmsen __________-Economy Edit This The Turin industrial system Set at the geographical and economic crossroad of two strategically significant continental axes, Turin now possesses the air, rail and road links needed to place it at the heart of Europe. Today, the city not only wants to be an "old industrial town", but, above all, wants to concentrate its innovative powers on the advanced services sector, on global networks and on highly technological research and development: infact, about 20% of the total Italian business expenditure in these sector is located in the Turin area. The current watchword is therefore "productive diversification", also made possible by a continuing development of research activities in the various sectors. It is an effort that involves a large number of very diverse institutions in both the public and the private sectors, of medium and large dimensions: from Cselt to the FIAT Research Centre, from the RAI Research Centre to the Istituto Galileo Ferraris, the University and the Polytechnic. In particular, in the motor car industry, besides the Fiat Group- Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, founded by Giovanni Agnelli in 1899, the most important industrial group in Italy - Turin hosts a number of companies operating in the components and car design sectors like SKF, Dayco, Bertone, Italdesign-Giugiaro and Pininfarina. The city has also an important presence in the agroindustrial area: the Lavazza, an international leader in the coffee sector, is from Turin, a reality that perfectly combines technological development and production with tradition. Today Lavazza Ltd., who employs over 1,600 people, boasts 45% of the Italian market and exports nearly 30% of its annual output, with sales revenues of some billion 1,200 lire. The city and the surrounding area is home to some of the best known producers of sparkling wines and spirits, such as Cinzano, Martini & Rossi, Gancia or the confectionery industry with firms like Ferrero, Caffarel and Peyrano. Their high quality products and professional expertise help to mantain the prestige of the Turin tradition. The textile industry, identified on a regional scale by companies that produce world-renowned yarns and fabrics of superlative quality, is represented in Turin by the GFT group, manifacturer of, among other, such famous names as Valentino, Cerruti and Ungaro. Set up in 1930 by the Rivetti and Levy families, GFT has become, in over 60 years, a huge industrial empire that in 1996 employed 6,000 people, over 3,300 in Italy, working in 14 factories around the world, and has sales revenues of 1,650 billion lire, and produced 15 million garments. Also in the banking and insurance sectors there is a very strong presence: the Istituto Bancario San Paolo has its headquarters in Turin that, with over 22,000 employees, 1,200 branches and 1,400 cash points, is the most important bank in Italy. It is a position the bank has achieved after more than 430 years of service to the growth of the nation's economy, participating in the reconstruction of the Nation after World War II, supporting the economic boom of the Sixties, and contributing to the national and international growth of the market and Italian companies. Also operating in he Piedmontese capital, since 1827, is the CRT Bank, the second largest savings bank in Italy, that has 380 branches spread over eight regions: a bank built for the people, mindful to the needs of the small saver and families. To compete the picture, the most important co-operative bank in Europe, the Banca Popolare di Novara , and three of the nation's oldest established insurance companies, Sai, Toro and Reale Mutua Assicurazioni, are all based in Turin. SAI, Italy's third largest insurance group with over 3.8 million clients, and 1,580 billion lire of net capital of the Parent Company alone, has been in the insurance business for over 70 years. Toro Assicurazioni, with over 160 years of history, was founded in 1833 by some of the Royal Decree of King Carlo Alberto. It is the sixth largest insurance group in Italy for the amount of sales revenues, and one of the first as regards its economic results (over 1,700 billion lire of premiums in 1966) and financial soundness. Reale Mutua was founded in 1828 and is currently the nation's biggest mutual insurance company with over 1 million clients insured and more than 2 million policies, and has a significant presence in the international market (Spain and France). Turin is equally well represented in more innovative fields like information technologies and telecommunications. Turin is indeed an important centre, being home to the headquarters of Stet-Telecom Italia, the sixth largest telecommunications company in the world. The city is also authoritatively represented in a wide variety of other sectors like Einaudi, Utet, Sei, Allemandi and Bollati Boringhieri (publishing), Armando Testa and BGS (advertising), Robe di Kappa, Superga, Invicta (sportswear), De Fonseca (footwear) and Borbonese (leather goods and clothes accessories). With courtesy of Economy Events & Fairs Edit This In the last few years, many new and exciting events of great diversity have joined the traditional events like Settembre Musica, the Book Fair and the opera and drama seasons at the Teatro Regio and Teatro Stabile. Among the "driving forces" of the City, the Book Fair and the Music Fair are two regular dates on the calendar that attract publishers, artists, critics and representatives of the world of culture to Turin, and draw in very large quantities and number of tourists that come to italian cities. There is also the newly founded association of the Circuit of Young Italian Artists, that brings together 23 local authorities from all over Italy. It was set up in 1997 for the Biennial of the Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean, to promote and support the work of outstanding young artists and performers. From the point of view of art and youth, the association also promotes the Thatre House for Teenagers and Young People, hosted in a multifunctional structure that incorporates two theatres, and a centre for study, research, experimentation and theatrical performance, designed specifically for young people. Every September, Villa Gualino, from its spectacular position on the splendid Turin hillside that overlooks the city, becomes the home of Experimenta, a science fair based on direct experimentation in physical phenomena. Each edition adopts a specific theme that is highly popular with the general public. But Villa Gualino offers more than just this one event; it is also the home of the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, a major centre for scientific and technological research, and for the training of young scientists and researchers. The Centre has accomodation for 100 people, attracts participants from all over the world, and organises debates and conferences in addition to its teaching programme. Villa Gualino also hosts e European Training Foundation, the indipendent agency set up by the EU to co-ordinate the professional education and training programmes that it runs in partnership with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. With courtesy of Events & Fairswww. comune.torino.it [Add New] Gran Balôn Edit This The Gran Balôn, that takes place on the second Sunday of every month, has reached the level of the celebrated Marché aux puces (Flea Market) in Paris: a market of curiosity, collector's items, lace, toys and old publications, together with antique objet d'art and furniture of rare quality that is attracting more and ore people from all over Italy. The Gran Balôn fair has reached its thirteenth year of operation in 2000 but has its roots in the old market traditionally held in the Borgo Dora district of Turin on Saturday mornings. Every second Sunday in the month, the more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Porta Palazzo - zona Balôn tel: (39) 011 4369741 The Music Fair Edit This The Turin "music system" is completed by the internationally renowned Music Fair, that attracted nearly 200,000 visitors to each of its first two editions. Held in the Lingotto Exhibition Centre in October, the Music Fair offers six full days of concerts, conferences and meetings with the "great stars" of music. This highly popular event attracts a decidedly heterogeneous audience from seasoned music lovers, in search of the latest recordings in the field of cultured music, to youthful autograph hunters, providing proof, if it were needed, of how much music means to the people of Turin. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Mast Edit This The Sport and Tourism in the Environment Show involves exhibitors from all around the world who are interested in promoting outdoor-activity-related products and offers. The well-qualified event that is the only one of its kind in the sector is backed by the Turin Marathon, a prestigious race that brings over professional and amateur sportspeople onto the streets. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] email: mast@turinmarathon.it address: Palazzo a Vela url: www.turinmarathon.it tel: (39) 011 6635052 The Book Fair Edit This The Book Fair, the pride and joy of Turin's cultural business, has taken place in May for over five years. Housed in the new Lingotto Exhibition Centre it attracts well over 150,000 visitors at every edition. During those five days in May, Turin becomes the Italian capital of cultural and literary life. The aim of the Book Fair is to make the book part of everyday life, to connect it with an idea of emotion, pleasure and discovery. A Fair at the service of the reader and his/her needs for information and orientation. An essential meeting point for everyone in the book trade. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] email: info@fieralibro.it address: Lingotto Fiere url: www.fieralibro.it tel: (39) 011 5184268 Artissima - Modern and Contemporary Art Fair Edit This One hundred and twenty of Europe's leading art galleries, museums and foundations, specialist publishers, shows and conferences with major representatives from the worlds of Art, Culture and Communications. This is the Artissima, the event dedicated to art, that has more than a purely cultural significance. Artissima is both an exhibition and a market and is a recently created, but already highly popular event, draws gallery owners, artists and critics to the city from all over Italy and from abroad. In particular, it serves to highlight the significant number of famous names and more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Palazzo Nervi url: www.artissima.it tel: (39) 011 546284 e-mail: rebus@etabeta.it Turin Comics Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Torino Esposizioni tel: (39) 011 4333504 www. comune.torino.it ______Day Trips Edit This The capital of the Duchy of Savoy, the Kingdom of Sardinia and then the first capital of Italy, Torino offers a circuit of great historical and architectural interest: the Savoy Residences. In addition to the Royal Palace, the official residence of the Savoys until 1865, the circuit includes palaces, residences and castles in the city centre and in the surrounding towns. Torino is home to Palazzo Chiablese, the Royal Armoury, the Royal Library, Palazzo Madama, Palazzo Carignano, Villa della Regina, and the Valentino Castle. In the area around the city, the castles of Rivoli, Moncalieri, Venaria, Agliè, Racconigi, and Govone can be visited. The Hunting Lodge by Juvarra can be admired in Stupinigi and there is also the royal estate in Pollenzo. Some of these (first and foremost Rivoli, the location of the Museum of the same name) host events, exhibitions and cultural initiatives not only of local interest. In 1997, this complex of historical buildings was recognised as a world heritage site by Unesco. Detail of armour in the Royal Armoury. With courtesy of Day Tripswww. comune.torino.it [Add Day Trip] River Po Daytrip Edit This From the Murazzi, the imposing enbankment built in the Napoleonic era, it is possible to take the River Ferry up to Moncalieri, past Valentino Park and the green hills that are reflected in the water from the river's right bank. No visitor to Turin should miss a pleasant stroll through the tree-lined avenues of the Valentino where one can admire the 17th-century Castle, with its splendid terracotta façade,and the gardens and greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens, which have a very great variety of herbaceous plants. A little further on is the Borgo Medievale (Rocca Medieval more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Roman, Medieval and Renaissance Turin Edit This The tour starts in piazza Castello, the heart of the city. Despite the baroque facade, in Roman times this was where the Porta Decumana - or Pretoria - stood and a section of the 3,000-metre wall that surrounded the colony passed here. Cross piazzetta Reale and turn left under the two archways. To your left you find Palazzo dei Duchi del Chiablese, to your right the Duomo di San Giovanni, commissioned by Cardinal Domenico della Rovere and designed by the Tuscan architect, Meo del Caprina da Settignano, and completed in 1498. The facade is particularly fine. There are few examples more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Baroque and Risorgimento Turin Edit This The starting point for this walk is piazza Castello in front of the Church of San Lorenzo. You see before you the facade of Teatro Regio, behind which towers the spire of the Mole Antonelliana. In the middle of the square stands the Castello, better known as Palazzo Madama, so named because it was lived in, enlarged and decorated by the two Madame Reali, or royal widows, Marie-Christine d'Orléans and Giovanna Battista of Savoy Nemours. For the former, Carlo di Castellamonte built the Salone degli Svizzeri in which the Senate of the Kingdom of Savoy met from 1848 to 1861, and more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] The river and the hills Edit This The point of departure for this run into the greenery is piazza Vittorio Veneto where, if you haven't a car of your own, you can hire an ecological car very cheaply at a park near the pedestrian hexedra. The neoclassical square was designed by Frizzi (1815-30), who cleverly solved the problem of the seven-metre slope from the top of the square to the river by graduating the height of the palaces. It was from a café under the porticoes on the right side of the square that the first RAI radio broadcast - a piano concert - was transmitted. The panorama in front of you is more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] The heart of Turin Edit This The tour starts from piazza Castello. Take via Po, which joins piazza Castello to the river. The severe, almost 'monarchical' porticoes that line the street on both sides are continuous on the left, where the king used to pass on his way from Palazzo Reale to the Po. On the right, the side of the common citizens, they break off block by block. Piazza Castello, which dates from 1675, the year of the second extension of Turin, is a fine example of modern urban planning. On the left, at number 1, is the Gioielleria Musy, a jeweller's shop which opened in 1707. At number 17 is the more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Art Nouveau in Turin Edit This The tour sets out from piazza Castello. Take via Pietro Micca, named after the hero of the Battle of Turin (1706), which joins piazza Castello to piazza Solferino. It is lined by porticoes on the right and when it was built, in the late nineteenth century, it was known as La Diagonale, because it was the first street in the old centre to break the original Roman perpendicular groundplan. To the right, you see the lanes of the old centre with their palaces and courtyards, Carlo Ceppi's Casa Bellia, adorned with bow windows and turrets, and houses with Art Nouveau and eclectic more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Industrial architecture Edit This The tour sets out from the station of Porta Susa. Take via Cernaia and turn right into corso Vinzaglio. Once in corso Vittorio, continue to the Monument to the First King of Italy. The statue, the work of Pietro Costa, stands on four tall columns. If you see it from the upper floors of the neighbouring buildings, you have the impression that the King is walking on the rooftops. Turning right into corso Galileo Ferraris, you pass in front of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna (GAM), whose rich collections make it one of the most important modern art galleries in Italy. Behind the gallery more.. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] ____________Nightlife and Entertainment Edit This Turin - a rich ferment of activity and initiatives; Turin - a vibrant nightlife: a city with a new image that in the past seemed to love discreet and grey tones, but today reveals a colourful, multicultural soul. Have a look at: 1 Opera Theatre, 3 Auditoriums, 12 Theatres, 53 Cinemas, 26 Museums, 5 Conference Centres, 200 Discothèques, 146 Hotels, 800 Restaurants, 5 Shopping Centres, 1600 Bars, 16,000 Shops. The calendar of musical events has been enriched with new appointments such as Altrosuono, a prestigious festival of ancient music, the Newport Jazz Festival, an open-air celebration that takes place every summer against the splendid backdrop of the Royal Palace Gardens Palazzo Reale, as well as numerous concerts with up-and-coming young singers and bands. In the theatre world, the most classical activities are performed by the Stabile Theatre Company of Turin, that normally uses the historical Carignano Theatre (1787) for performances, and the Alfieri, Colosseo and Nuovo Theatres that, slowly, slowly, have been enhanced by the productions of drama companies like the Gruppo della Rocca, the Teatro dell'Angolo, the Teatro Juvarra, the Laboratorio Teatro Settimo, and also a number of youth drama companies that put on performances in the tiny theatres that have again been opened for business after years of silence. Of course, the cultural life of a modern city is not expressed exclusively by its high profile events, but also through minor initiatives aimed at "niche" audiences. In this sense Turin can stand comparison with other capital cities. The enterprising and creative people of Turin are not surprisingly past masters in the art of providing intelligent entertainment for every taste: from theme evenings in the cafés to readings and debates in the book shops, from small exhibitions of young artists works in "fringe" galleries to outdoor shows in the city's squares, and a whole series of street parties in the local quarters. Contributors July 30, 2005 change by giorgio [Add Entertainment place] Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi Edit This The recent season is offering Conservatory Wednesdays: 15 concert-lessons dealing with various themes with the participation of classes from the conservatory from February 9 to May 24. The Conservatory for Schools programme also continues with five concerts devoted to the students. type: Concerts World66 rating: [rate it] email: cmverdi@tin.it tel: (39) 011 888470 Unione Musicale Edit This type: Concerts World66 rating: [rate it] email: um@inrete.it tel: (39) 011 544523 Turin Philharmonic Orchestra Edit This type: Concerts World66 rating: [rate it] url: www.oft.it tel: (39) 011 4360691 Camerata Strumentale Casella Edit This type: Concerts World66 rating: [rate it] email: ecorreg@tin.it tel: (39) 011 542936 |
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/pub_torino.asp ****************Cafè, Bar************* **Al Bicerin: Piazza della Consolata, 5 - Tel: 011 4369325 **Ambhara Bar: Via Borgo Dora, 10 - Tel: 011 5217346 **Caffè Elena: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 5 - Tel: 011 8123341 **Caffè Florio: Via Po, 8 - Tel: 011 8173225 **Caffè Platti: Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 72 - Fondato nel 1875, è un ritrovo storico; Nella sua sala interna è nata la "Juventus". **Caffè San Carlo: Piazza San Carlo, 156 - Tel: 011 532586 **Caffè Torino: Piazza San Carlo, 204 - Tel: 011 5451118 **Hajar Café: Via Cottolengo, 3 - Tel: 011 4366479 **Il Bottigliere: Via San Francesco da Paola, 43 - Tel: 011 836050 **Lab: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 13 - Tel: 011 8170669 **Mulassano: Piazza Castello, 15 - Tel: 011 547990 **Pepino: Piazza Carignano, 8 - Tel: 011 542009 **San Tommaso: Via San Tommaso, 10 - Tel: 011 534201 **Stratta: Piazza San Carlo, 191 - Tel: 011 547920 **To Spiti: Via Montebello, 13 - Tel: 011 837003 **Arcata 35 & Aqua: Murazzi del Po, lato destro **Art Cafè: Via le Chiuse, 1 - Tel: 011 4379271 **Azimut: Via Modena, 55 - Tel: 011 232458 **Barrumba: Via San Massimo,1 - Tel: 011 883322 **Barcode: Corso San Martino,2 - Tel: 339 5264712 **Bokaos: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 23 - Tel: 011 8128931 **Cafè Blue: Via Valprato, 68 - Tel: 011 280251 **Docks Home: Via Valprato, 68 - Tel: 347 4829575 **E-lastico: Via Valprato, 76/a - Tel: 011 248 1082 **Hennessy: Strada Traforo del Pino, 23 - Tel: 011 8898522 **Hiroshima Mon Amour: Via Bossoli, 83 - Tel: 011 3176636 **La Drogheria: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 18 - Tel: 011 8122414 **Lobelix Cafè: Piazza Savoia, 4 - Tel: 011 4367206 **Magazzino di Gilgamesh: Piazza Moncenisio, 13/b -Tel: 011 7492801 **Noh Cool Cafè: Via della Consolata, 12/h -Tel: 011 5211127 **Officine Belforte: Corso Venezia, 30 - Tel: 011 8194347 **Pastis: Piazza Emanuele Filiberto, 9/b - Tel: 011 5211085 **Pura Vida: Corso Cairoli, 14/b - Tel: 011 9034937 **Sabor Latino: Via Stradella,10 - Tel: 011 852327 **Tre Galli: Via Sant'Agostino ,25 - Tel: 011 5216027 **Zoobar: Corso Casale, 127 - Tel: 011 8194347 DU PARC srl 10152 Torino (TO) - 104, c. Reg. Margherita tel: 011 5215275 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEMINA BAR srl 10122 Torino (TO) - 11/bis, v. Garibaldi tel: 011 8127395 - fax: 011 5633267 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTORIUS 10155 Torino (TO) - 10, v. Stradella tel: 338 7672495, 339 7344962 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHALET GRAN BAITA DEL VALENTINO sas 10126 Torino (TO) - 25, vl. Virgilio tel: 011 6689777 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRIGA TROPICAL 10135 Torino (TO) - 68, v. Monteponi tel: 011 3471283, 338 6105993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCORPION CLUB 10125 Torino (TO) - 66, v. Madama Cristina tel: 011 6502687 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCOTECA VANIGLIA di PIGRA snc 10133 Torino (TO) - 25, v. Sabaudia tel: 011 6611288 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FASSIO GIANCARLO "ELIX" 10128 Torino (TO) - 28, v. Sacchi tel: 011 541025 - fax: 011 6680822 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSTELLO TORINO 10131 Torino (TO) - 1, v. Alby tel: 011 6602939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SABOR LATINO di ALMONTE JOSEFINA 10147 Torino (TO) - 10, lg. Stradella tel: 011 852327 APOCALYPSE NOW 10123 Torino (TO) - 7/m, v. G. Pomba tel: 011 887211 - fax: 011 836194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA MECCA DEL DISCO di BALLARI MASSIMO 10152 Torino (TO) - 4, v. Cuneo tel: 011 2482191, 338 8363956 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZANINO TEMALUCE spa 10135 Torino (TO) - 50, v. Barbera tel: 011 3423311 - fax: 011 3910210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EUROSERVICE piccola soc. coop. r.l. 10121 Torino (TO) - 9, v. Arcivescovado tel: 011 538543 - fax: 011 538543 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTRICAL G. GOJA srl 10138 Torino (TO) - 3, v. Susa tel: 011 4346346 - fax: 011 4346281 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGETTO ARIA di DORIA & C. snc 10143 Torino (TO) - 22, v. Collegno tel: 011 4377754 - fax: 011 4375560 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIRONI LUCA 10135 Torino (TO) - 12, v. Cabrini tel: 011 3473481 - fax: 011 3283303 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADRIANO S.R.L. 10125 Torino (TO) - VIA SACCHI PAOLO 65 tel: 011 5805554 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASIA S.A.S DI RAOUL DE CESARE 10128 Torino (TO) - VIA CAMERANA GIOVANNI 11 tel: 011 535010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASIA S.A.S. DI RAOUL DE CESARE 10144 Torino (TO) - VIA AVELLINO 7/A tel: 011 484786BOLLITO GIUSEPPE 10128 Torino (TO) - VIA SACCHI PAOLO 34 tel: 011 547530 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRALINO CLUB (S.A.S.) 10123 Torino (TO) - VIA DELLE ROSINE 16 tel: 011 8174821 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRALINO CLUB S.A.S. 10123 Torino (TO) - VIA DELLE ROSINE 16/A tel: 011 837500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLUB METROPOLIS 10144 Torino (TO) - VIA PRINCIPESSA CLOTILDE 82 tel: 011 484116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLUB PRIMA DONNA 10141 Torino (TO) - CORSO PESCHIERA 171 tel: 011 338557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DILLON S.A.S. DI PARSIFAL NUNZIO & C. 10125 Torino (TO) - VIA GALLIARI BERNARDINO 9 tel: 011 6696272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCO (S.R.L.) 10144 Torino (TO) - VIA S. DONATO 3 tel: 011 487066 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCOVERY 10133 Torino (TO) - CORSO MONCALIERI 145 tel: 011 6601770 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA FOLLIA SRL 10147 Torino (TO) - VIALE MADONNA DI CAMPAGNA 1 tel: 011 295063 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PATIO E INVIDIA 10133 Torino (TO) - CORSO MONCALIERI 346/14 tel: 011 6614841PATIO E INVIDIA 10133 Torino (TO) - CORSO MONCALIERI 346/14 tel: 011 6615166 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIGRA SNC DI PISACRETA ANDREA E C. 10133 Torino (TO) - VIA SABAUDIA 25/BIS tel: 011 6611288 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RENDEZ VOUS 10154 Torino (TO) - STRADA MADDALENA 174 tel: 011 8610200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCK CITY (S.R.L.) 10134 Torino (TO) - VIA BERTINI 2 tel: 011 3184737 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCORPION CLUB 10125 Torino (TO) - VIA MADAMA CRISTINA 66 tel: 011 6502687 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERRANOVA SRL 10132 Torino (TO) - CORSO CASALE 127 tel: 011 8194347 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THEATRO' S.R.L. 10121 Torino (TO) - VIA S. TERESA 10 tel: 011 5187107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VINZAGLIO 2000 DI GALVAN ADRIANO E C. S.A.S. 10121 Torino (TO) - CORSO VINZAGLIO 3 tel: 011 5621736 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOOM VOOM 10127 Torino (TO) - VIA VENTIMIGLIA 152 tel: 011 6637462 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- METRO' DISCOTECA 10128 Torino (TO) - VIA GIOBERTI VINCENZO 33 tel: 011 5184862 TARGET DISCOTECA |
