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Mole Antonelliana
V. Montebello 20
}011 81 38 560; www.museocinema.it
Once the world’s tallest structure built from traditional masonry (read: brick) as its construction neared completion in…
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Palazzo dell’Accademia delle Scienze
V. Accademia delle Scienze 6
}011 44 06 903; www.museoegizio.it
It’s not King Tut’s tomb, but this palazzo is still the final resting place of some well-known Egyptian royalty. The fir…
Cattedrale di San Giovanni and Chiesa di San Lorenzo
V. Palazzo di Città 4
}011 43 61 540 (Cattedrale di San Giovanni) 011 43 61 527 (San Lorenzo); www.sanlorenzo.torino.it.
The THoly Shroud of Turin, one of the holiest and most enigmatic relics in all of Christianity, is kept in the Turin cat…
Palazzo Reale
Piazzetta Reale
}011 43 61 455; www.ambienteto.arti.benculturali.it
The Princes of Savoy’s residence for more than 200 years, since 1865, the Palazzo Reale has been as much a relic represe…
Armeria Reale
P. Castello 191
}011 54 38 89; www.ambienteto.arti.benculturali.it
Shimmering, shining, certainly not rusting, the collection of swords, daggers, and armor in this small but densely packe…
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
V. Nizza 230
}011 00 62 713; www.pinacoteca-agnelli.it
This tiny jewel box of a museum sits in a glass house atop a former Fiat factory south of Turin’s city center, and it ha…
Chiesa San Filippo Neri
V. Maria Vittoria 5
}011 53 84 56; www.sanfilippotorino.it
Lacking a relic to brag about, Turin’s largest church is not its most famous. Chiesa San Filippo Neri hasn’t needed the …
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
P. Mafalda di Savoia, Rivoli
}011 95 65 222; www.castellodirivoli.org
It takes a trip to reach this museum, but remember that time isn’t money. At any rate, the collection of contemporary ar…
Basilica di Superga
Superga Hill
}011 89 97 456; www.basilicadisuperga.com
“The most enchanting position in the world.” That’s how the famous modernist architect Le Corbusier described the site o…
Palazzo Madama
P. Castello
}011 44 33 501; www.palazzomadamatorino.it
The palazzo that anchors P. Castello, and all of Turin for that matter, has a fascinating archaeology. Suffice it to say…
Parco del Valentino
Vle. Virgilio 107
}011 44 31 701; www.borgomedivaletorino.it
Italy’s first public park, Parco del Valentino surrounds the French-style Castello del Valentino which now houses Torino…