Torino
Torino ( Piemonte Region)
Torino
French flair/ influence
Major industrial city
situated on the Po River
1906-1916 world film
production capital
• House of Savoy ruled
here (King Vittorio
Emanuele II)
• Hosted 2006 winter
Olympics
• Headquarters of Fiat
automobile industry
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Piazza
Castello
Contains the Palazzo
Madama, the Chiesa di
San Lorenzo, and the
Palazzo Reale
Palazzo Madama
15th century
castle
Contains the
Museo Civico
d’Arte (Museum
of Ancient Art)
Chiesa di San Lorenzo
• Church
• Once the royal
chapel of the House
of Savoy
Palazzo Reale
Once the home of the
Royals (House of Savoy ;
Prince Carlo Alberto)
Palazzo dell’Accademia delle
Scienze
• Houses the 2nd
biggest Egyptian
museum after Cairo
Piazza San Giovani
• Location of the
Duomo di Torino and
the Campanille
Duomo di Torino
• Cattedrale di San
Giovani Battista
• 1997 fire = damaged
• Cappella della Sacra
Sindone (Chapel of the
Holy Shroud)
Cappella della Sacra Sindone
• Chapel of the Holy
Shroud
• Shroud believed to be
the one which was used
to wrap Christ after his
Crucifixion; imprinted
with an imaged a
bearded man covered
with thorns
• King Umberto left it to
the Vatican after death
in 1983; allowed to be
shown in Torino
La Sacra Sindone
Mole
Antonelliana
• Symbol of the city
• Museo Nazionale di
Cinema
• 5 levels outlining history
; contains costumes of
movies such as Marilyn
Monroe’s
• Aula del Tempio = shows
clips of films from
yesterday and today
• Macchina del Cinema
section = craft of film
making
• Glasses wall lift = view
of the city and the Alps
Basilica di
Superga
• A temple which houses
tombs of the kings of
Sardegna and the
princes of Savoy
• Top of the hill = great
views of the Alps
Monte dei Cappuccini
• Convent located at the top
• Best view of the city of Torino and the
Alps
Museo
Nazionale
dell’Automobile
• Car museum
• Contains the earliest
Fiats
• Fabbrica Italiana
Automobile Torino
1899
• Made Torino
heart of the car
industry; city of
cars
• The Itla
• Won the world’s
longest auto race
(Beijing to Paris
1907)
The Itla