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Sacro Monte di Crea (Serralunga di Crea)
The Sacro Monte (Sacred Mount) consists of twenty-three chapels from two different construction periods – one 16th-17th century and the other 19th century. The older of the two distinguishes itself thanks to its polychromatic terracotta sculptural groups located in frescoed settings.
Sacro Monte della SS. Trinità di Ghiffa
The complex, located on the banks of Lago Maggiore, benefits from a splendid panoramic spot overlooking the lake and the alpine foothills of Lombardia. The Sacro Monte project, which originally should have included the figurative reconstruction of events from the Old and New Testaments, was never completed.
Sacro Monte di Varallo
The Sacro Monte (Sacred Mount) is formed by a basilica and forty-five frescoed chapels and it has more than eight-hundred statues. Important Piemonte artists such as Gaudenzio Ferrari contributed, over time, to the creation of this extraordinary monumental complex.
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Places
Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio
The Filatoio (Spinning Mill), built between 1676 and 1678, is an extraordinary example of 17th century Piemonte “industrial architecture”. Today, completely restored, it houses the Museo Regionale della Seta (Regional Silk Museum), as well as contemporary art shows.
Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens
Villa Taranto and its gardens, which look out over Lago Maggiore, have a vast botanical trove that includes about 1,000 plants, which until today had never been cultivated in Italy, and about 20,000 varieties and species of particular botanical importance.
Castello di Mazzè
In the ancient underground parts of the medieval castle is the Museo della Tortura (Museum of Torture): tools and methods from the Holy Inquisition. The building is surrounded by a large park with a scenic view looking out over the Canavese.
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People
Irene Grandi
“Torino is a fascinating place, filled with things to do, artistic and cultural movement…there’s always a show or a concert going on in some piazza. If only Florence was like this…”
Nanni Moretti
"It seems to me that Torino had a rush of pride with the winter Olympics; I remember that during that time, I would hear a lot of people surprised at the city’s reawakening: that feeling is still there."
Gerard Roero Di Cortanze
“There must be a psychoanalytic bond between Torino, Piemonte and myself. Every time I come to town, I feel at home, as if the doors to my own house were being re-opened. I have never lived in this city. Every time I’m here it is as if I put my foot on the fog of a ghost, face to face with my past. Torino is my imaginary life, a double retrospect, a flashback…”
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