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THE KING'S ROUTESecret passages and galleries, fake fire places and book-cases, corridors and tunnels that allowed the king to control all the state bureaucracy without going out of the Palace, simply passing through the Armoury and the Archive in order to reach the Theatre and the Royal Academy. |
CARLO ALBERTO'S MEMORIAL TABLETA marble tablet shows the lodge from which Carlo Alberto proclaimed the First War of Independence and granted the Statute, on 23rd March 1848.Piazza Castello, 191 |
THE STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSThe finger of the famous explorer seems to point at the route of good luck.All the inhabitants of Turin,at least once in their life (for a degree, a wedding, etc.) have touched it. It brings luck... try it!Piazza Castello, 201 |
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRALDuring Easter 662 a hired-assassin killed the Longobard Duke of Turin,Garipaldo,in the baptistery of the Duomo (cathedral), before being killed in turn by the Duke's escort. |
THE ROYAL PALACE GHOSTSThe Palace is said to be haunted by three ghosts. One of them used to appear when calamities about to strike the city or the Savoy dynasty were imminent. |
THE LEGEND OF CASTOR AND POLLUXThe statues of the twin brothers (foto), on the royal iron fence, both look towards where, according to a legend, the entrance to hell lies. |
IL "CIABOT" DI GIANDUJAIn 1866 Gianduja, the typical Turinese Carnival mask, surprised the Turinese by building, near Palazzo Madama, his typical "ciabot", a small hut made with timber and branches, that was immortalized in a historical photo |
THE MILITARY ACADEMY'S MEMORIAL TABLETThe palace, built in 1678, was the prestigious headquarters of the Military Academy. It was bombed and destroyed in 1942.Piazza Castello corner piazza Molino |
THE GALLERIES OF PIAZZA CASTELLOThey divided the square into two parts. They were a sort of appendix to Palazzo Madama both to the south and to the north joining it to the Armoury.They were demolished between 1600 and 1801. |
THE MEMORIAL TARGET OF MARENDAZZO CARPANOPlaced in honour of the no longer existing coffee house, where in 1786,"vermouth" was launched. It boasted the clientele of King Vittorio Emanuele II and here one of the most renowned aperitifs, "punt e mes", was invented.Piazza Castello, 117 |
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