Itinerary - San Salvario - Look
THE VARIEGATED ONE
How multicoloured San Salvario is! Many of the peoples in this itinerary arrived at Porta Nuova station and later became San Salvario citizens. From here, you can start a journey within the city and the world, in a multiethnic, university and bohemian district.
IL VALENTINOThe city's historical park, the most popular, the most famous... the most loyal to Turin's elegant, varied and variegated personality!! According to some, it used to be traditional on February 14 to hold a fair within the park in which the ladies would call their gentleman "Valentino".This would explain the origin of the name. As well as being a refuge for couples, the park offers moments of leisure to students (if someone tells you they're going to study there, don't believe them... nobody resists the temptation of a nice doze in the Valentino!!!), an open air gym for the many local joggers and athletes as well as the unique opportunity of enjoying a breathtaking panorama: the river, the hills and their villas. The Park is busy at night too: youths sit on the grass to have a beer (action usually referred to as "andiamo agli imbarchini?", shall we go to the boarding points?) or go dancing in the discos. Another characteristic of the park are the canoe clubs from where glorious fleets of fit youths set off to assault the never clear Po waters!! Roooow!! |
THE VALENTINO CASTLEIts origins date back to the 1500s, but its "golden days" coincide with the years in which the Royal Madam Maria Cristina of France chose it as favourite residence and transformed it into a luxurious Italian delight. Today the castle hosts a particular kind of court: architecture students - who couldn't wish for a better source of inspiration!!Parco del Valentino |
THE MEDIOEVAL "BORGO"Inaugurated on April 27, 1884 it was designed by the Portuguese architect Alfredo d'Andrade.It is a medieval fort, complete with a borgo where you can find workshops, studios, porticoes and a drawbridge. Having a walk inside is fun and surreal... students observe it to shape their fantasies, adults take advantage of those fantasies to get lost inside them! Parco del Valentino |
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WALDESIAN TEMPLECharacterised by two long and thin steeples on the facade, and by the rose window high above the narrow windows. Following Waldensian theology, there is no altar:at the centre stands the pulpit in carved walnut and opposite there is a table with an open Bible on it.Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23 |
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ISRAELITE TEMPLEThe synagogue has an oriental, Moorish style and is richly decorated, especially on the exterior. It can hold up to 1,400 people. Unlike traditional synagogues where the Teva (podium) and the Aron (cabinet) are placed along the longitudinal axis, Turin's synagogue presents three naves and the Teva and the Aron join to form an altar... in this way it resembles much more a western basilica.Piazza Primo Levi |
ARTINTOWNHeir of Soundtown, which has had its headquarters here for years, the cultural centre of Artitown preserves the original spirit. It mirrors everything which happens in San Salvario and offers the opportunity to take part in several initiatives: from an aperitif to a cinema, from live concerts to technologic experimentations! In addition they organise art exhibitions which above all look at the newest reality of the city and encourage young artists' works.Via Berthollet, 25 |
CINETEATRO BARETTIScreenings, festivals, shows and concerts are held in turn in Via Baretti, offering really interesting "food for sight". All the initiative, which are quite cheap, are undertaken by an art association which has the same name and which has a long relationship with the district.Via Baretti, 4 |
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