Day Trips in Turin

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.

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River Po Daytrip

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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..

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Roman, Medieval and Renaissance Turin

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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..

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Baroque and Risorgimento Turin

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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..

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The river and the hills

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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..

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The heart of Turin

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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..

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Art Nouveau in Turin

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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..

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Industrial architecture

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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..

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