Official residence of the Savoia family until 1865, it was transformed by Ascanio Vitozzi (1584) for Carlo Emanuele I and later it was expanded and renovated with an uninterrupted series of actions made by the most important architects and artists working in Turin in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The atrium leads to the first …
The Mole Antonelliana is the symbol monument of the city of Turin. It is named for the architect who built it, Alessandro Antonelli. Its construction began in 1863 and was completed 26 years later after the architect’s death. It is located in the historic center of Turin. It’s about 167 meters high, it currently is …
The chapel of the bankers and traders is a pearl of architecture and sacred art of the Piedmontese Baroque, very popular with tourists; it is located in Via Garibaldi 25. Erected in 1692, thanks to the efforts of the rector of the Jesuit Father Agostino Provana to provide the Congregation of Bankers, Merchants and Traders …
These are the masks that adorn the walls of buildings in Piazza San Carlo, located in the Turin city center. These reliefs were chiseled in the mid-1600s, the brainchild of architect Carlo di Castellamonte, who also designed one of the buildings in the square. After the last restoration in 2001, if you pay attention you can notice that the …
Visiting Turin you can’t miss a long walk under the legendary monumental Turin arcades. The center of Turin has 18 kilometers of arcades , of which 12.5 are also interconnected: it is the city with the largest pedestrian area in Europe.
