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History and 'Things to see'in Turin:

• Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia Automobile Museun 
in the italian citiy of automobile a museum celebrating the automobile

• Castello del Valentino 
16th-c. castle in the middle of Valentino park, long the banks of the Po

• Cathedral 
example of Renaissance architecture, (dates 15th c.)dedicated to St John the Baptist;

• Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 
typical Turin style with its arcades, style

• Egyptian Museum 
one of most important collection of archaeological discoveries from ancient Egypt over the world; it stores excavation finds, sculptures -the studies of Ramses II and Tutanhkamun are famous- , sarcophagi, papyri, objects, and jewels

• Galleria Sabauda 
divided in special areas of art stores a few works of exceptional value

• Mole Antonelliana 
the symbol of Turin, 167 m high, designed by Alessandro Antonelli was completed in 1878

• Museo nazionale del Risorgimento 
The main Italian museum devoted to the Risorgimento

• Museum of Antiquity 
traditional museum of antiquity

• National Museum of Montagna Duca degli Abruzzi 
dedicated to natural environmental aspects of the mountain, its traditions and to the mountain-climbing

• Palazzo Carignano 
masterpieces of Turin baroque (17th-c.)

• Palazzo del Lavoro 
complex of over 22,000 sq. m, dates 1961

• Palazzo Madama 
baroque palazzo, founded in the 13th c. in the ruins of a Roman gate and enlarged in the 15th c. and in the 17th c.

• Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) 
residence of the House of Savoy until 1865

• Parco del Valentino 
the park is 550,000 sq m and includes the Castello Valentino.

• Piazza Carlo Felice 
dates from the first half of the 19th c. is surrounded by the traditional arcades in Turin style

• Piazza Castello 
the heart of the political life of the Kingdom of Savoy; surrounded by arcades in the typical Turin style and from elegant facades

• Piazza San Carlo 
one of most delightful piazzas of Turin, designed in 1637

• Porta Palatina 
dates from the Ist c. AD, best-preserved example of a Roman city gate

• Romano Theatre 
built in the late Augustan periods

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