One of the most famous historic squares of  Turin is Piazza Solferino, located at busy center of the city. The realization of Piazza Solferino started in the second half of the nineteenth century, after the dismantling of the fortifications of the Citadel of Turin in 1852. The main decoration of the square is the fountain Angelica with four groups of statues that refer to the four seasons.     The esoteric legend says that between the statues there is a magic door, a gate to the infinite. At the center of the square you see the Atrium pavilions designed… Continue reading →

Last winter, I realized that I had never photographed the Mole Antonelliana as seen by the royal gardens. In this website you will find some other photos of the Mole Antonelliana, it is virtually impossible to come to Turin to photograph the city without its symbol, the one which makes it a unique city with a unique profile. The construction of the Mole Antonelliana began in 1863, and was originally intended to be a Jewish synagogue. The draft of the Mole Antonelliana was revealed long and costly and a series of changes made by Antonelli, the architect of this work,… Continue reading →

In Turin, in Via Vittorio Alfieri, stands an old building, now hosting a Bank. The building has a beautiful huge door of carved dark hardwood. Palazzo Trucchi di Levaldigi, so you call the building, is an imposing building erected in 1673 by the minister of finance of the House of Savoy, it was designed by Amedeo di Castellamonte. The door is decorated with flowers, angels, fruit, but what can not be unnoticed is the clapper in the center of the door, shiny, a smiling a Devil. All Turin, known this place as the Devil’s door. It was once also home… Continue reading →

This is a series of shots made in Turin in different circumstances, a walk in the old town and a visit to the cemetery. As I watched these pictures of Turin, I immediately realized that they went along, they were opposed and antithetical, but inevitably attracted each other. Life, games, fun, a clown, the street, church, religion, tombs. All what is inevitably a life and all what is inevitably death at its end, all concentrated in few clicks.     The first photos were taken in Piazza San Carlo, one of my favorite squares in Turin, then via Giolitti and… Continue reading →

It was a beautiful day, so I decided to go to photograph Piazza C.L.N. in Turin, once called by my ancestors Piazza delle Chiese. The current name comes from the National Liberation Committee, formed in Italy by the end of fascism. I do not live far away and I promised myself to do these shots, just found the time. Once in Piazza C.L.N. I realized that the problems were two: the people who always sits on the edge of the fountains, and the light, that I wanted homogeneous and similar for both statues. This last one was not an easy… Continue reading →

I love to go for long walks along the historical center of Turin. I try to get used to find special things in normal places that I see very day. Art, at the end, is in the eyes of the photographer. In this portfolio of Turin there is a miscellaneous collection of pictures and images taken during my walks testing and learning how to use my Canon 450D at its best. We start from ‘Mt. dei Cappuccini’ where the view of Turin is magnificent and where is possible to admire the symbol of the city called ‘Mole Antoneliana’. It was… Continue reading →

Looking around in Turin be careful where you go, not only could happen to bump into monsters, demons, Gargoyles, but also angels. Turin, the magical city, is a set of forces of good and evil. The angels that I photographed are to support the balcony on the first floor of a strange building on the corner of Via Pietro Micca with Via San Francesco d’Assisi near Piazza Solferino. Not much is known, the building once looked at the square but now is almost buried, obscured, hidden by a huge and horrible fifteen floors building dated back to 60′. This is… Continue reading →